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Thurso, Caithness Katılım Haziran 2014
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Magnus Davidson
Magnus Davidson@DavidsonMagnus·
This is not uniform across the whole of Scotland with ‘peripheral’ areas continuing 19th and 20th century long trend of depopulation and out-migration. Our north Highland population has halved in the last two centuries whilst Scotland’s has doubled, with no abatement in sight.
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Kevin Pringle@KevinJPringle

Since just after the millennium, an under-appreciated feature of Scotland is how the heavy net loss of people to rUK (and beyond), that was such a feature of the 20th century, has reversed. Some older stats, as well as the new HMRC data. gov.scot/publications/i…

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Some interesting chat over the weekend about pro nuclear lobbying in Scotland so it’s worth flagging that there’s also a worker and union led campaign. tusne-scotlandpetition.org
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Magnus Davidson@DavidsonMagnus·
@FeardorchaR Was the same here. Sometimes it’s nice to not see out the front window and the pilot wrestling the plane. He seemed to be enjoying himself though.
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Am Fear Dorcha
Am Fear Dorcha@FeardorchaR·
@DavidsonMagnus I flew into Aberdeen in a gale in one of those, and it scared the bejaysus out of me. The plane came down crabwise and landed almost pointing sideways. Back then the cockpit door was open and I could see the pilot's view. Seriously scary.
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Hats off to the young Dutch boy who flew us sideways the whole way to Aberdeen this morning. Wee bit bumpy today.
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@EFM_1 @bellacaledonia Yeh that’s the point. The British nationalist (unionist) government is adopting a not too dissimilar approach to the Scottish nationalist government.
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Seems I’ll be going against the grain but this an absolutely normal and sane position to take as the UK PM. Testing the boundaries of devolution is a credible approach for nationalists to take, and totally unsurprising for a unionist UK Gov to also suggest it in their own way.
Will Hayward@WillHayCardiff

BREAKING - Big Story A memo from Keir Starmer to all members of the UK Gov Cabinet has been leaked. In it the Prime Minister says “each of us will maintain a professional and respectful working relationship with our counterparts in devolved governments” but that “an overly deferential or laissez-faire approach to devolved government engagement almost inevitably creates political challenges or misses positive opportunities”. He then adds: “We should be confident in our ability to deliver directly in those nations, including through direct spending, even when devolved governments may oppose this.” This memo was just 10 days after my newsletter exclusively broke the story that more than a third of Welsh Labour MSs had accused the Prime Minister of undermining devolution. Plaid Cymru have just raised this with the First Minister in the Senedd. More updates to follow The UK Gov has been approached for comment.

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@welsh_pain Yeh thats not a particularly fun or fruitful conversation to have with certain demographics on here.
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Owain 🦂@welsh_pain·
@DavidsonMagnus I mean true. I spent 2 hours on here arguing with a Scotsman about the benefits of opening a nuclear power plant in Scotland and it was exhausting.
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@welsh_pain That may play well in sub national regions and certain voting demographics. Indy ref two appears relatively un-achievable now rather than looming, compared to early 2010s.
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@welsh_pain Through a Scottish lens the UK Gov is very centralised in respect to reserved and English matters. But devo stronger in non-Eng nations. Scot Gov very centralised in Scottish matters. Direct intervention beyond Holyrood has potential sub national Scottish advantages.
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@LapGong *progressive enough to placate Scottish social democratic soft nationalism’s view that the UK is irrecoverable.
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Lap Gong LEONG
Lap Gong LEONG@LapGong·
@DavidsonMagnus What is it about the current HMG that is not progressive? They’ve been tightening up the labor market, pursuing net zero, trying to interfere with energy markets to lower prices, and reversing the conservatives’ reforms to education. If that’s not progressive, what is?
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@DavidRoss698588 The IMA piece is interesting. But still fits well (from an agnostic perspective) within the constructs of devolution to be tested, especially with a relatively ‘hostile’ nationalist government. The sniff test here is reversing the position and asking what would Scot Gov/nats do?
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David Ross
David Ross@DavidRoss698588·
@DavidsonMagnus I see it as using the IMA to spend money in areas reserved for devolved governments. Which seems a straight roll back of devolved agreements. The IMA seems designed to not allow too much divergence from Westminster so should only be used if one gov was diverging. Not other way.
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BELLA CALEDONIA
BELLA CALEDONIA@bellacaledonia·
@DavidsonMagnus It's not always the case that 'both govts are elected with a mandate'. In fact, the entire reason devolution occurred was because Scotland was ruled by a UK govt they didn't elect, for years
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@bellacaledonia Both Govs are elected with a mandate. Scot Gov in devolved matters and UK Gov in reserved. The point is that the structures of devolution allow a ‘middle ground’ of policy and legislation to be tested by both govs. That’s what the memo alludes to, not any undermining of devo.
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BELLA CALEDONIA
BELLA CALEDONIA@bellacaledonia·
@DavidsonMagnus Good news. But they also - and this is more important - have a mandate because they are elected
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@bellacaledonia The nuclear example is interesting as Scot Gov use devolved planning to ‘interfere’ with reserved energy policy. All above board but tests the basis. If UK Gov decided to overrule devolved planning to install new nuclear, that would be a pretty clear case to defend devolution.
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Magnus Davidson@DavidsonMagnus·
@bellacaledonia Nothing in that memo points to me as a basis for undermining devolution. There’s at most two mildly controversial statements, direct funding and being more direct. Reserved/devolved is opaque enough that there’s plenty legit wiggle room to test, e.g., planning to block nuclear.
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BELLA CALEDONIA
BELLA CALEDONIA@bellacaledonia·
@DavidsonMagnus I wonder how far you'd go with that argument that it's fine for the UK govt to undermine devolution in Scotland, NI and Wales though? At what point, if any, would you defend devolution?
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@bellacaledonia Yeh it’s stalemate on both sides at 50/50 yes/no, the hope for a progressive UK government failed, no route for a Scottish indyref. It’s completely unsurprising and credible that both sides will start to poke at the reserved/devolved structures to try and break status quo.
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BELLA CALEDONIA
BELLA CALEDONIA@bellacaledonia·
@DavidsonMagnus It's a bit of a giveaway that they can't win in the devolved parliament they created, and is likely to undermine Sarwar's expensive self-promotion, I mean election campaign
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Magnus Davidson@DavidsonMagnus·
@bellacaledonia Sign of of failure through the eyes of the UK? Probably. But not a bad position for a UK PM to take in response to a ‘hostile’ nationalist government. He probably wouldn’t need to do it with Sarwar as there would be a unionist FM.
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BELLA CALEDONIA
BELLA CALEDONIA@bellacaledonia·
@DavidsonMagnus Apart from being a sign of failure, it raises the question would he do it if Sarwar was the FM?
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Magnus Davidson@DavidsonMagnus·
This unironically slaps as most local campaigns for new nuclear are based on the presumption that well paid, inter generational, highly unionised jobs, and strengthened local supply chain, being underwritten by UK consumers and tax payers, is good for the area they live in.
bread and poses@breadandposes

If people want nuclear they should say it with their chest "I want nuclear plants and I don't care if everyone has to pay more for electricity because its in my personal interest and/or I'm thick"

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You can just live here and picnic in the UNESCO World Heritage Site on your union won Friday off work.
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