Semantics, daf. The current Scottish Parliament is a creature of statute. It derives its corporate existence from the sovereign power of the Westminster Parliament. Westminster is entitled to abolish the Scottish Parliament and legislate in areas normally reserved to the Scots. This is fact. It is why the SNP wants independence from the UK. You again say “devolution is a process not an event”. You and the SNP may think that. Who else does?
Facts WW ,that would be refreshing when debating politics eh?
We are all entitled to an opinion of course, but on any Forum, quite a lot of opinion is not based on facts but a multitude of things such as urban myth, emotion and, of course political persuasion, not forgetting political expediency, with the ability to act as judge and jury and condemn those of different opinions, even if they are right, from the comfort of an armchair whilst hiding behind anonymity.
What is still completely ignored by those with an agenda of condemning the Government , and who are now gleefully weaponising the Coronavirus Pandemic , is that there was no ‘ Textbook’ on how to deal with a Pandemic such as this one, no experience of it from anywhere, no-one on earth had any experience, certainly not those on Planet Labour, so the only real course of action for any Government, no matter the political persuasion, was to turn to the experts ie ‘ the scientists’ .
The fact is, that these highly rated very well qualified scientists (who would likely be the same group had Labour been in power ) set the agenda for social distancing, lockdowns etc and frankly following this expert advice was the ‘only ‘responsible thing for any politician to do !
“The Prime Minister has committed the UK to work for equitable globalaccess to COVID-19 vaccines.
We have been instrumental in establishing COVAX – an international initiative to support the discovery, manufacture and fair distribution of vaccines for both lower and higher income countries.
COVAX aims to procure vaccine for one billion people in some 180 countries by the end of 2021. The UK is one of the largest donors.
We have committed £548m for vaccines for lower income countries and through matched funding mobilised other countries to raise over $1bn for the COVAX Advanced Market Commitment (AMC).
At the United Nations General Assembly in September, the UK announced that it would match every $4 pledged to the COVAX AMC by other donors with £1 in UK funding, up to £250m. Since then, other countries including Canada, Japan and Germany have committed funding to the scheme, combining to reach the landmark target of $1bn.
We have also put in a further £71m to secure rights to purchase up to 27 million doses for the UK population if needed.
We are focusing on supporting COVAX to deliver quickly and to develop a mechanism to enable countries with surplus doses to distribute them equitably.
The UK will use its Presidency of the G7 this year to further mobilise world leaders to support global efforts to end this pandemic and to seize the moment to strengthen international readiness for pandemics in line with the five-point plan that the Prime Minister set out at the UN General Assembly in September.
The UK government has been strongly supportive of the aims of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) since its inception in 2016, contributing £260m to support CEPI’s work on vaccine development, including against COVID-19. CEPI supported vaccines include Moderna and Novavax.”
Buffoon eh, and what has Keef done to match this – moan and moan and moan,
Yeah , oh and not forgetting ‘moan’!
The biggest mistake was not the timing of certain events, because it can be rightfully argued that firstly there is absolutely no evidence ( as yet ) that earlier intervention on lockdown etc would have made a difference overall, and anyway the tragic loss of life’s due to these so called delays may eventually be offset by the saving of life resulting from taking the World lead over the vaccination program , it’s only political expediency, in an attempt to harm the government, until the very end !
There have been mistakes made no doubt , but not from ‘buffoonery’ or incompetence, more from a lack of knowledge, and if the flip flopping saintly Knight ‘KEEF CHARMER ‘ had been PM , mistakes would still have been made , and who’s to say that there would have been fewer or even more mistakes than Boris supposedly has made , no one knows , and wild political speculation should be condemned as readily as criticism of the Government- it’s like everybody outside of Government is flying a simulator, and can change the flight path at the flick of a switch, or simply by following whichever direction that the wind is blowing, whereas theGovernment flying a full aactual aircraft?
The Government will be held to account of course, as any Government should , but not until the end of the pandemic ie , not at this time , it is completely inappropriate,and anyone who genuinely thinks otherwise is just a Political expedient.
An independent enquiry by a group of politicians, medical representatives, legal brains and laymen, will eventually investigate, and apportion blame, if there is any blame , other than that which clearly should be laid at the doorstep of the Chinese Government ……………………….. and it will look at the reasoning behind for example , recording the death of an ‘imminently ‘ terminally ill octogenarian, who happened to get the virus as ‘’ killed by Covid 19 ‘.
Glad you mentioned facts!
regards