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THE constitutional challenges thrown up by Brexit are wreaking havoc in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The UK/EU departure energised the demand for independence in Scotland and the Brexit Protocol has brought tension to a tragic level in Northern Ireland. While there is no quick fix there may be a long-term, win/win solution. By extending the NI Protocol to cover Scotland, the Irish Sea border would move to the Scottish/English border and Scotland, like Northern Ireland, would remain in the EU as part of the UK. This new "Celtic Protocol" could meet the needs of Scotland, Northern Irela...

A PUBLIC health expert has said parts of the Scottish Government quarantine rules do not “make sense” after reports a family from the US avoided…

Boris Johnson's 'English nationalist' government has been blamed for rising support for independence BORIS Johnson’s “anti-Scottish” administration is driving support for independence, according to former Welsh Labour first minister. Carwyn Jones warned the Prime Minister that the Union will break up within a decade if he continues to deny the democratic will of Scots. “Boris Johnson is head of a government that is very English nationalist in its outlook,” he told Constitutionally Sound, the podcast by Edinburgh University’s Centre on Constitutional Change. "Very anti-S...

Even a slight easing of restrictions could cause cases to start rising rapidly again. Even if the older and more vulnerable people in the population now have additional protection from the vaccine, more virus circulating in the community would still put huge pressure on our NHS. It would also cause many more people to fall ill - including younger people who we know can be vulnerable to what is called ‘long Covid’. And, in addition, we know that when community transmission is high and rising, the risk of the virus mutating and new variants emerging is at its most acute.

SCOTLAND’S schools will begin reopening on a limited basis from Monday, Nicola Sturgeon confirmed during this afternoon’s Holyrood update.