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Hyslop and Ewing to leave Scottish cabinet as Sturgeon reshuffles her top team
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Scottish Parliament s new Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone needs to lead reform to help MSPs hold the government to account – Murdo Fraser MSP
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Hyslop and Ewing to leave Scottish cabinet as Sturgeon reshuffles her top team
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Holyrood s new Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone is set to oversee remote working arrangements as the country recovers from the Covid pandemic. Picture: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament
In addition 64 per cent of those polled said the change would allow MPs in rural areas or those who represent parts of the country a long way from Westminster to get more done.
However, the research, by Message House, also found 35 per cent believe MPs would be less effective at holding the government to account when working remotely, with the same number fearing that the quality of debates would get worse.
And while more than two fifths (43 per cent) of the 2,099 people questioned believe that remote working would help MPs provide a better deal for the public, the same proportion were neutral on the issue, neither agreeing or disagreeing.
By Campbell Gunn
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Nicola Sturgeon has a long road ahead before she ll be able to present another independence referendum to Scotland, writes Campbell Gunn
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It may be worth taking a step back from last week’s Scottish parliamentary election and considering what the SNP actually achieved.
Campbell Gunn
In 2011 the party won 69 seats, effectively breaking the D’Hondt voting system, which had been designed (by Labour) to give no party with less than 50% of the votes more than 50% of the seats – as happens at virtually every Westminster election.