Children, rights and Tories
The UK government has taken the decision to refer two Holyrood laws to the UK Supreme Court to decide if, in introducing and passing these bills, the Scottish Parliament has gone beyond its devolved...
Tagged: Scottish Government
Shades of legal grey – Part 4
PART 4 This briefing paper has been produced by former journalist David Torrance, long time critic of the SNP government in Scotland, now working as a researcher in the House of Commons library. Briefing...
Everything Scottish is dire, isn’t it?
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon recently said in Holyrood and in interviews that the rollout of the vaccines, initially one, then two and now three, was a race – a race against getting as many...
Face coverings: Fad or necessity?
“We are recommending that you consider using face coverings…as a precautionary measure.” So said the guidance from the Scottish Government issued on 28th April. However the recommendation stresses that “evidence on the use of...
COVID-19 – A Framework for Decision Making
Two days ago the Scottish Government published its paper COVID-19 – A Framework for Decision Making, a document giving information on the basis on which it will proceed to tackle the ongoing threat of...
Social and equality impacts of Brexit
Brexiters insist everything is rosy and will become even better after Friday 31st January, their independence day, when the UK leaves the EU. But the reality is otherwise. The pound, according to the Guardian’s...
The grim cost of Brexit to date
The scale of UK payments to the EU was a major part of the Leave campaign’s argument for Brexit. Remember the message on the red bus that £350m per week could be saved for...
Claw-back becomes reality
The Westminster Tory Government has written to the Scottish and Welsh Governments to ask for legislative consent over a dozen areas where the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill changes (that is claws back) devolved powers....
Scotland’s Right to Choose
The First Minister in a speech at Bute House outlined the democratic case for Scotland’s right to choose its own future, ahead of the publication of a paper titled Scotland’s Right to Choose. The...
Working the Continent’s canapé circuit
Until the general election was called, a few posts could be seen on social media complaining about the SNP’s downgrading of independence as it marshalled its arguments against Brexit (a Brexit that will devastate...
