Summary
LAST Friday in London, a heavyweight line-up of politicians, academics and constitutional experts gathered in the Queen Elizabeth II conference hall to debate the issue of devolution in the United Kingdom. Has it made a difference? Are things better or worse as a result? Does anyone really care?
At about the same time, Grant Laing was attending to an MOT test in his garage in Spittalfield, Perthshire. A bit of spot-welding was needed on an ancient Subaru runabout before he could issue the certificate. Tyres and engine looked in reasonable shape. A quick oil-change, he reckoned, and it would be back on the road. He wiped his hands on an oily rag, and ran his eye over it one last time.See the full content of this document
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Linklater's Scotland
Does anything connect these two events? Has the new democracy that gave Scotland a parliament, created 129 MSPs, installed a Scottish Executive and set up a system of committees to legislate, if necessary, on every aspect of Scottish life, done anything to change Laing's prospects, for better or for worse? In short, has devolution had a...
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