[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

she still suffered acute memory loss and lied about being informed about it

she has a lot on her mind what with covid

[Oliver_W]

Sturgeon is clearly leaps and bounds ahead of BoJo, and I'll bet it boils his piss.

But further devolution would be crap, we've been essentially one country for ages now, no need to break it up.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Sturgeon is clearly leaps and bounds ahead of BoJo, and I'll bet it boils his piss.

But further devolution would be crap, we've been essentially one country for ages now, no need to break it up.

Is she? the SNP can make decisions with no accountability.

she locked down in September as this was hailed as fantastic etc etc and despite that 2 million Scots are now under Tier 4 lockdown until 11th December so not sure what it is that is fantastic about her

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Is she? the SNP can make decisions with no accountability.

I didn't necessarily say she's good, just that she's much better than BoJo

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Is she? the SNP can make decisions with no accountability.

she locked down in September as this was hailed as fantastic etc etc and despite that 2 million Scots are now under Tier 4 lockdown until 11th December so not sure what it is that is fantastic about her

To be fair, that's not actually because it didn't work, it was working and cases were coming down, but they went ahead with harsher restrictions anyway which I personally think is complete overkill and I have my doubts about the overall effect. I think it will damage compliance, which has been good so far. The aim I think is to go in hard now to limit the effect of allowing Christmas gatherings. I do have my questions about this, I think it's a misfire to be honest, but it's not because earlier actions weren't effective or are in need of criticism.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Sturgeon is clearly leaps and bounds ahead of BoJo, and I'll bet it boils his piss.

But further devolution would be crap, we've been essentially one country for ages now, no need to break it up.

There is a clear and present need, and as I said I'd go further and devolve the English regions into pseudo-"states" with control of their own budgets.

Westminster policy is geared towards the functioning of the City of London and has been since the 80's, it clearly and demonstrably does not work for anywhere other than the South of England, and it can't really ever work, for obvious reasons. Scotland, and several large regions of England, have very different needs to London and the South. I get (to an extent) not supporting independence, but I can see no valid reason to oppose full devolution of regional budgets (up to and including health services, education, benefits & social support etc.)

Scotland is finally getting there with Social Security Scotland being in transition from the England-based DWP, still a few years until that's fully active, and I think it will make an absolutely massive difference. But again, I think there are several English regions that would be better served by similar devolved services in place of the massive, bloated country-wide systems.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

But again, I think there are several English regions that would be better served by similar devolved services in place of the massive, bloated country-wide systems.

I agree, parts of England such as Scot"land" and Devon are too different from London for their policies to apply

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I agree, parts of England such as Scot"land" and Devon are too different from London for their policies to apply

Scotland has never been a part of England

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Scotland has never been a part of England

Sorry Braveheart