Labour has led the debate around improving support for looked after children for years, and a review of the entire system is one we welcome. Here is Iain Gray, Labour’s education spokesman in Scotland, responding to Nicola Sturgeon’s speech. non-Tory, policies is the reason why people actually want independence or home rule in the first place. The chance to pursue more inclusive, i.e. And for us, hospitals and the care system aren't boring compared to the indy/not-indy debate: it's what governments (and nations) are for. That's parking the SNP's tanks on Labour's lawn and claiming to be the heirs of devolution, while merging the notions of indy /FFA / devolution.
But in London you haven't been following that debate, so it was big news to you.įor Scottish people the use of the word 'home rule' today was an intriguing straw in the wind, to me at least way more interesting than Thursday's announcements. In Scotland, the speech on Thursday was just a clear statement of what we already knew: there was a bit more detail but no change in Scottish govt policy since the morning after the Brexit vote. I think we've now hit a point where the reactions need to be divided into 'domestic' and 'UK' reactions. Firstly, thanks very much for your coverage.
It may well be that in Scotland it is the one that resonates too. Nicola Sturgeon’s end of conference speech is supposed to be her most important of the week, but south of the border her speech on Thursday threatening a second independence referendum if Scotland gets forced out of the single market is the one that people will remember from this week. After Thursday, that seemed like a bit of an anti-climax.
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