Comment 'With devolution, we had the option for more localised decision-making and the opportunity to take the first steps on a diverging path from England' THERE has never been a time in the history of the Scottish Parliament when the principles of devolution have been so recklessly under threat. It’s overly simplistic to just say the Tories hate the very concept of devolution, though they clearly do. Under Boris Johnson’s authoritarian-lite leadership, the Conservative government has become the most singularly hostile organisation toward devolution in the UK, even if it tends to couch its disdain in more politically veiled language than others who wear their zealotry for Britain more openly.