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Category: Holyrood, Scotland
Scott Macnab: Who’s left to stand up to Holyrood?
The SNP is poised to seize control of town halls but opposition to diktat from Edinburgh may suffer, writes Scott MacNab The political map of Scotland is poised to alter radically once more in the months ahead. The shifting plates of power which have marked the past decade are again on the move as the council elections loom and the outcome is likely to be another brick in the wall of the SNP’s hegemony of the country’s public life.a Sweeping gains are likely for the Nationalists.
FMQs: Sturgeon accused of ‘celebrating’ English NHS crisis
The First Minister clashed with opposition leaders over the performance of the health service at Holyrood today after it emerged that the creation of major trauma centres have been delayed in Scotland, along with concerns over care standards at the flagship Queen Elizabeth hospital in Glasgow. Tory leader Ruth Davidson demanded answers about the extent of help from outside the country which had been sought to deal with problems in Scotland’s NHS.