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If you really want to tackle drugs deaths, why not let the police do their job? (opens the original)
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The simple, brutal truth is no one really cares about junkies. They don’t vote, are economically inactive, commit a disproportionate amount of crime, and make terrible social media content – other than when being mocked for their fecklessness by some talentless oik for clicks. Little wonder policy decisions support the idea that it’s cheaper to let them die than it is to do anything meaningful to try to keep them alive. I mean – what’s the political damage anyway? You just make a sombre statemen
That's rich: how come we pay Police Scotland top brass so much for so little? (opens the original)
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This may surprise you, but I’m one of those people who happens to believe we don’t pay members of Parliament enough. Unfortunately, that belief has been tested more than I care to admit over recent weeks, as some of the antics in the big top at the foot of the Royal Mile aim to undermine any semblance of credibility I can muster in support of such a proposition. I can’t even argue that the odd Coco performance is the exception that proves the rule, for, as exceptions go, they are rather more pre
The SNP is obsessed with another referendum. Shame it has forgotten how to win one (opens the original)
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In September 2010 I called a summit of political leaders in Scotland as swingeing cuts to police funding were being mooted. I did think about just calling a meeting but the word alone didn’t do justice to the seriousness of what was on the horizon. Besides, it’s far easier to decline a meeting, and no PA or diary secretary would ever contemplate trying to reschedule a summit. The Tories and Lib Dems said yes. Labour wanted to be sure the SNP would be there – which I assured them they would be –
Too wee, too poor, too stupid? The strange message behind Swinney’s big reform plan (opens the original)
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John Swinney’s speech launching his new Programme for Government was a curious thing to watch. The FM is not a naturally flamboyant speaker or even the best speech deliverer, but behind all the presentational confidence he was able to muster as he addressed Parliament, I was struck by two things in particular. The programme itself came across in large part as more of a campaigning conference rallying cry than an actual plan – which is fine if you’re campaigning rather than charged with delivery
The last thing Police Scotland needs is fewer people to scrutinise it (opens the original)
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The SNP manifesto didn’t say much on public service reform. “We will reduce the number of public bodies, better integrating services and reducing costs,” alongside fluff promising engagement with communities and trade unions “to protect and deliver modern and more efficient public services” was about as detailed as it got. A promise that a Public Service Renewal Bill would be “brought forward” in the first year of parliament has been like chum in the water since the election. Health boards and q
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