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Our new Prime Minister promised a “respect agenda” with the Scottish Parliament and Executive. So ten weeks into his government, here are some of the highlights of that agenda:
- Appoint a Secretary of State for Scotland who hates the job so much he wants to scrap it. Then, to add insult to injury, give him the promotion he covets at the earliest opportunity.
- Go to the U.S. and trash a decision of the Scottish Government. Tantalise the Americans with a public enquiry into a matter wholly and exclusively within the competence of the Scottish Government.
- Schedule a referendum on changing the voting system for the same day as Scottish Parliament elections. Then when Holyrood proposes to use the powers granted to them by the Scotland Act to vary the date of their own elections, amend the Scotland Act to remove this power.
All Cameron promised Scotland was some respect – but evidently he meant just a little bit.
