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Scottish Labour was crushed in the 2015 general election after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon s SNP swept in with a historic landslide, winning 56 out of 59 seats. Just a year later, in the Scottish Parliament election, Labour went on to suffer yet another defeat, losing 13 of its 37 seats - becoming the third-largest party in the country after being surpassed by the Scottish Conservatives. Earlier this month, Sir Keir announced his plans to open a constitutional commissi
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The First Minister hit back at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer after he announced plans to implement a constitutional commission that would spread devolution to all corners of the UK. Branding him it a constitutional tinker , Ms Sturgeon said Scottish Labour had no chances of challenging her Scottish National Party s (SNP) dominance. The majority of Scots now back independence, with the margin increasing between those who say they would vote Yes and those who would vote No i
WITH all the bad news about Covid-19, Brexit and borders, there is at least one bit of excellent news to celebrate. Because of Brexit, we were was able to start vaccinating two weeks before any EU nation and order vaccine in sufficient quantity to treat the entire population. Owing to the involvement of the European Medicines Agency, the EU did not order vaccine until mid-November and then only from German and French companies, and not in sufficient quantities for the entire population. By contrast, the UK Government had placed orders for 340 million doses by the end of September, so that whichever vaccines got regulatory approval, we would have enough doses. The EU reportedly turned down an option on 500 million doses from the US company Pfizer.
Donald Dewar, George Reid and David Steel are pictured at the official opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Is further devolution the answer? GORDON Brown was a wonderful Chancellor. His ambition to be Prime Minister, however, overwhelmed him and unfortunately, like so many others before him, he was not up to that job when eventually he got it. Now it appears he is advising the present Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer on Scottish affairs ( Starmer to warn future of UK at risk without ‘real devolution’ , The Herald, December 21). His idea of some kind of enhanced devolution solving the party’s problems in Scotland is frankly preposterous. We want less devolution, not more.
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