The worst thing about the buses story is the way the BBC embraced the extreme language used by McGills against the FM and the lack of condemnation from Scottish Labour given it comes from a major donor. Imagine Burnham being compared to murderous dictators by an SNP donor. The BBC would immediately go after John Swinney to ask him if he condemned the remarks. The whole narrative would be about the extreme language from a major SNP donor. Not in this case though because the target is the SNP and not Labour. Indeed, the fact that McGills is owned by donors to the Scottish Labour party is absent from BBC Scotland coverage. The story is being politically managed to remove any fallout that might harm Labour.

Gary Robertson didn't like it one bit when Jenny Gilruth had a cheeky dig at him for concealing the fact that the Easdale brothers are Labour party donors. He immediately interrupted because his ego couldn't take it. He really hates being shown up.