The build up to the next Scottish Parliament elections is getting interesting. There are plenty of people within the Lib Dems who don’t want another coalition with Labour, and the feeling is reciprocated. Today’s Scotsman is spinning that Lord Steel’s Commission Report to both recommend “quasi-independence” (what everyone else in the known world calls federalism)… Continue reading Scottish Politics
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Beam me down, Scotty
Three thoughts about this story, Beam problem disrupts parliament: I didn’t realise the new hi-tech Scottish Parliament had teleportation! You spend all that money, only for the thing to start falling down after a year?! Perhaps this is linked to the opening of the Welsh Senedd? Maybe there is some scientific principle stopping two devolved… Continue reading Beam me down, Scotty
New name? Plaid should have checked
Peter Black has been chronicling the utterly pointless debate waging in the Welsh Assembly about its new building’s monoglot name. Personally, I think that Senedd is a perfectly fine name, speaking as someone who doesn’t speak a word of Welsh. It evokes a distinct identity which is absolutely what you want an assembly for a… Continue reading New name? Plaid should have checked