The way to fix devolution is to have more external control
AS a staunch unionist it pains me to say this, but the SNP is not to blame for the current mess. The Scotland Act, a populist product of the…
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AS a staunch unionist it pains me to say this, but the SNP is not to blame for the current mess. The Scotland Act, a populist product of the…
AT last, an article by Guy Stenhouse that I can actually agree with, at least in some respects ("The grown-ups are back in charge – Sturgeon…
YOU have reported that the First Minister is considering changing the law to force people to stay at home in anticipation of another wave of the virus ("Scots face breaking the law if they fail to stay at home", The Herald, December 23). This would be a grave mistake: the law is not just words on sheets of paper that can make a government feel better about itself; it is a serious matter. Humza Yousaf, in defending Nicola Sturgeon’s breach of the law mandating indoor mask-wearing, said that he suspected that “most of us” had broken the coronavirus regulations this year (Mr Yousaf can...