FOUR years ago, when for the first time in Scotland's history the Scottish National Party won by a whisker the right to govern, it was rightly regarded as a watershed moment.
Eight years of devolution had done two apparently contradictory things, remarked Alex Salmond, soon to be installed as First Minister. On the one hand there was a sense of general relief; the grass was still getting cut, the sky was still blue ... the land had not been visited by plague. On the other, a sense of impatience had grown. Not enough was being done fast enough. Such change as there was, the improvement in people’s lives that many anticipated had not materialised.
Scottish National Party deserves a second term
FOUR years ago, when for the first time in Scotland's history the Scottish National Party won by a whisker the right to govern, it was rightly regarded as a watershed moment.
Eight years of devolution had done two apparently contradictory things, remarked Alex Salmond, soon to be installed as First Minister. On the one hand there was a sense of general relief; the grass was still getting cut, the sky was still blue ... the land had not been visited by plague. On the other, a sense of impatience had grown. Not enough was being done fast enough. Such change as there was, the improvement in people’s lives that many anticipated had not materialised.
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Don't show me this again.