In theory, the Scotland Office has little relevance in a devolved country with a Nationalist administration. In theory, the post of Secretary of State for Scotland is an expensive anachronism.
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It’s Murphy’s law that Jim is in London
The abrupt and enforced changing of the SNP guard with Alex Salmond’s reshuffle will be viewed with some satisfaction at No 1 Melville Crescent, that corner of an Edinburgh field which is forever Westminster.
