A clear example of buck passing waffling ......Margaret Burgess, the Minister for Housing and Welfare, SNP MSP : “Using the new powers coming to Scotland, the Scottish Government will abolish the bedroom tax as soon as possible"......( April 2015 ) when... Mrs Burgess ?, and does this not contradict Swinney ? is this not part of austerity cuts ? I disagree with you, certainly its all whinging / whining but its not over minor issues, their " a big boy done it and ran away / crying wolf" has to stop, lets see action not rhetoric, use the powers they have right now, reshuffle the available money, make informed prioritised choices....stop indulging the rich with council tax freezes / non means tested freebies, save money here and re allocate to where its needed....a but...thats making choices isnt it....... and deeply unpopular ones at that. My call is they will play up the legitimate card ( especially after JUlys early budget ) ie We never voted for austerity cuts ( they did actually support them but remember it was the pace that they were to be introduced was to be slower than Tories ) it wisnae us / we'll no dae that to youse when wur a free...... the so called party of anti austerity can make changes now...so the question is why not ? The answer is they will become like all the rest and lose popularity / votes in next years Holyrood election.