Scottish Independence
The songs of moorland bird species have been recorded in the Calderdale area as part of a new campaign to provide their unique sounds to local care homes. The Moorland Chorus recording will be used as a therapeutic tool for those no longer able to easily access the uplands. Organised by the British Association for Shooting and… Read more »
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has published the report of its inquiry into NHS litigation reform. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) engaged closely with this inquiry, submitting written evidence. The MDU welcomes the publication of today’s report but cautioned against too much focus on fundamental and complex structural change, at… Read more »
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May’s election results saw the return of the SNP to government, albeit one seat shy of an overall majority. While pundits predicted that independence was back on the agenda, the question of Scottish independence is on a slow simmer rather than a rolling boil as governments in Edinburgh and London focus on the pandemic response…. Read more »
Politics.co.uk’s editor-at-large, Ian Dunt, says it would be “irresponsible” of Westminster to deny Scotland a second independence referendum. Whilst acknowledging that legally the government can block Indyref2, Dunt claimed that in doing so, “you might as well put a bomb under the unionist case”. Nicola Sturgeon has suggested that the SNP will look to… Read more »