The Scottish Government has hired as its anti-bigotry czar Dr Duncan Morrow, an academic whose professional life has been dedicated to healing deep rifts in his native Northern Ireland.
The Scottish Government has hired as its anti-bigotry czar Dr Duncan Morrow, an academic whose professional life has been dedicated to healing deep rifts in his native Northern Ireland.
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Gerry Braiden
His appointment has been made to take account of the interpretation that sectarianism is a centuries-old nettle Scotland will not grasp but is also a problem few can – or will – define.
Over the next year, Mr Morrow's expert group will sift the evidence to advise ministers on the impact of bigotry, what it actually is in 21st-century Scotland and what potential improvements could be made.
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