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ON Wednesday I took part in a Tory debate on Covid, vaccination and an independence referendum. Donald Cameron moved the motion and I moved the amendment – both of us from our homes. Then as Monica Lennon waited to do the same, Lib Dem MSP Mike Rumbles intervened to claim that remote participation did not allow for what he called “proper debate”. Of course Mr Rumbles knows a bit about remote participation in the Parliament, or at least its committees, as he did just that – from hi...

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