Scotland's once revered independent justice system has been hollowed out and left in utter tatters in recent decades. It was once, like education - a system that is now, also, a smoking dung pyre of embarrassment - one of the great pillars of Scotland. Once these were independent institutions that demonstrated the Scots can do things differently and, crucially, better than elsewhere. How that steady, relentless decline happened, and was allowed to happen, deserves more space than this tweet will allow. But there is no doubt in my mind it has been deliberate and orchestrated. Officials and politicians who absolutely do not have Scotland's best interests at heart have driven this neglect and sabotage of Scotland's independent institutions. There are many examples of it, from the fast track career process of English civil servants working in Scottish Government departments, to senior officials promoted and elevated way beyond their ability... Leslie Evans being one pertinent and very obvious example. It could be corrected and even reversed if there was strong, decisive and inspiring political leadership... Instead we have cash-bung @JohnSwinney, a man that couldn't start a fire if he was standing in a petrol warehouse with three crates of Cooks matches at his disposal.