West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has taken hundreds of calls from Scotland during the pandemic to help over-stretched services north of the border.
Ms Sturgeon said: “As we come out of the crisis we will have a new national mission – to rebuild and revitalise Scotland.
“And as we look to the future the fundamental question before people in Scotland is this – who has the right to decide the kind of country we should be?
“Should it be the people who live here or should it be the likes of Boris Johnson? I believe it is for the people of Scotland to decide.”
The SNP recently revealed a roadmap to a referendum on Scottish independence, setting out how they intend to take forward their plans for a second vote.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
The European Union (EU) continues to face COVID-19 vaccine production challenges in the bloc, along with increased COVID-19 infection cases driven by the mutating coronavirus. Whereas the United Kingdom (UK) and United States (US) have seen declines in COVID-19 cases, which is allowing for some easing of restrictions. Tension between the EU and UK remains heightened, particularly with respect to customs issues at Ireland/Northern Ireland’s border. Nevertheless, transatlantic partners came together on some sanctions actions this week.
In the US, the Biden Administration moved this week to suspend the duties imposed against UK and EU goods towards negotiating a settlement in the 16-year large civil aircraft dispute with European countries. The US Senate took another step toward confirming Katherine Tai as the next US Trade Representative this week, while Gina Raimondo officially joined President Joe Biden’s Cabinet as his Secretary of Comm
The UK Government’s Union Unit is a relatively new wheeze but so far, there’s been little unity within its ranks. As Oscar Wilde nearly said, “To lose one leader may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose both looks like carelessness”. With his usual lack of self-awareness, the Prime Minister has entered the fray, styling himself Minister for the Union and heading up the Union Strategy Committee. Rather like Herod becoming a patron of Unicef. The PM’s Union Strategy Committee and Michael Gove’s Union Operations Committee, conjure up images of the People’s Front of Judea and the Judean People’s Front in Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
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