Political opinion

Calum Steele: Chief Constable Jo Farrell inherited many problems then made them worse

Despite being appointed as Chief Constable in June last year Jo Farrell has been something of an elusive figure in Scottish public life. Last week, however, and some seven months after the fateful “blue light taxi” from Edinburgh to her home in the north of England Jo Farrell emerged from the bowels of Tulliallan Castle for a round of media interviews. These were of course accompanied by the usual performative walk around that looks good on the “socials” whilst delivering nothing meaningful in practice.