Whitehall failure
Almost 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, Whitehall officials are not properly trained to understand devolution and mechanisms for the UK’S governments to discuss vital issues such as Brexit are “not fit for purpose”, a committee of MPS has concluded.
Qualifications to be a civil servant ? Years of experience? Qualifications to be an SNP MSP?
Aberdeenshire
What the committee actually said is that the details of devolution need to be rethought after Brexit. It takes two parties to agree and, in this case, the Scottish Government were more interested in being obstructive than in acting to benefit Scotland.
Sandy Stewart
Apparently the committee also suggested [Secretary of State for Scotland David] Mundell and his increasingly expensive department are totally superfluous.
Berlin Calling Holyrood doesn’t understand it either, always above their station.
Media One Voice
I’d say it makes sense to have oversight of these key issues, rather than leave it to a UK gov without a mandate in Scotland, even when Scotland cannot yet legislate in these areas.
Angus Mcionnach
You certainly cannot depend on Westminster and its lackeys to promote Scotland to the world. Especially given their new penchant to brand everything with the Butcher’s Apron...
Finn Mccolgan “Butcher’s Apron”... always good to insult the 60+ million fellow citizens who are happy to be British.
Scotland won’t have a sovereign parliament
fc without becoming a selfgoverning country.
Gavin Scotland can’t become a selfgoverning country unless a majority of the electorate want it to be. election process should be made the same as normal elections. This will ensure only the top candidates get elected rather than the current process, where the Greens control policy with not one non-list MSP.
Lana58 been asked to consider providing it with a £50 million loan.
The department store concept is dead, Ashley must know that so if he does put money in, it will have big strings attached.
banjulbert Sports Direct is perfect for the fallen middle classes of Edinburgh to shop for their Lycra track suits.
Sedovtrier Some inquiry is urgently needed into how the websites of so many Scottish based businesses are failing to perform .
Ashley Coley the HMS Enterprise in Tripoli in August 2014 with his younger brother Hashem.
I wish I could say that I’m surprised. But, in truth, it was only a question of time before something like this happened. And hand-wringing from our delusional politicians simply won’t cut it. Action is what’s needed.
Reality Demands to be Heard
We could stop “these people” at the Border if we had independence.
Francis Mooney
Why do you think Saudi and the UAE refuse to take them? They know them for what they are. They know they will only cause trouble.
Bob Roberts
And on and on we go, allowing more people than ever with this man’s mindset into Europe, and then onwards into the UK. Will it ever stop?
Old Clothes and Porridge