“Because all the reforms you guys passed already have panned out really well over the past 20 years, haven’t they.”
The localist idea that decisions should be taken as close to the people they affect as possible, has been undermined by the Mayor of London’s failings.
Meanwhile, both Humza Yousaf’s personal ratings and support for independence on the wane as the Sturgeon magic wears off.
The changing global landscape should refocus our policy on the factors that are need to improve the investment outlook – such as sound macro polices and the level, predictability and simplicity of tax.
As the place where the first cracks appeared in the Red Wall, our region is of huge political significance, and results here matter.
For years, the ravages of the Scottish Government’s failures have not shown up in the Nationalists’ polling. But the spell has broken.
Its most honest advocates concede it would effectively abolish the upper limit for terminating a pregnancy; only one per cent of women polled support this stance.
What party leader doesn’t know it needed a £100,000 loan – and what spouse doesn’t know their partner made one?
Yousaf’s critics already did not lack for boldness, and they will now be empowered to mount further assaults on Sturgeon’s allies and legacy.
Every major electoral reform for the past two hundred years has been heralded as the death knell of Toryism. Instead our party adapted – and thrived.
Instead, the Scottish Government’s review into the high-profile mishandling of a sex offender remains shrouded in secrecy.
He was the most formidable Chancellor of the Twentieth Century and a titan of the modern Conservative Party – voting for Sunak and endorsing his approach in last summer’s Tory leadership election.,
In launching a campaign for a metro mayor, a local businessman (and Labour activist) has said aloud what many Welsh Conservatives seem to think privately.
I want to pay tribute to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up who, backed by the Chancellor and Prime Minister, pushed through this deal, which rewrites so many of the long-standing and outdated rules between Whitehall and the regions.
New research for Power to Change finds that progress on the Government’s agenda has been patchy, and voters have noticed.