Good Local Economics

New powers, authority and resources have to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament as a consequence of the ‘vow’ made last week by the three major Westminster party leaders. Anything less would be a betrayal of the Scottish people, and extremely damaging to democracy and the reputation of the politicians.

There was a time when general elections were thought of as an opportunity for serious debate about the kind of country and society we’d like to have. An election was a battle of ideas and a chance to right wrongs.