Presiding Officer, it is safe to say that it has been a long summer—one that should occasion a period of reflection for the SNP. We would, of course, expect to see recognition of that in the programme for government. The SNP went from 48 members in the UK Parliament to now having only nine MPs. That is what happens when voters think that a party has nothing to offer them. Whether it is about the disappointment for some of its members that, after 17 years, the SNP is no closer to delivering independence, or about its more recent problems with Police Scotland, or about the very real anger at the lack of competence in government, voters are angry at the failure to deliver even the most basic of services, and that anger is focused on the SNP’s record of government in Holyrood.

The lack of progress in tackling NHS waiting lists, the continuing attainment gap, the housing emergency and increasing numbers of people sleeping rough on our streets are all failures that are the responsibility of this SNP Government. People in communities across the country are being offered no hope, no vision and no ideas for making their lives better for the future. That is so depressing when Scotland and its people have so much potential. Scotland’s best days do lie ahead of it, but they will not be realised with this depressing and incompetent Government.

Let us look at the charge sheet, starting with the financial position. Yesterday, the finance secretary went through contortions to tell us that she was not to blame for any of the problems with the almost £1 billion shortfall in her budget. It is all Westminster’s fault. It is the fault of a UK Labour Government that has been in office for eight weeks. Eight weeks! It is nothing to do with decisions that she or her predecessors made. “Go and look somewhere else to lay the blame,” she said. It is a shame that she ignored what the Scottish Fiscal Commission, the Fraser of Allander Institute, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Audit Scotland all said, which was that they are decisions that she and her Government made that are coming home to roost. Michael Marra was right to call her out yesterday for diverting the £460 million of ScotWind money, because it is a one-off payment that will need to be found again in the new financial year, which will have an effect on the delivery of the programme for government.