It’s official: the Scottish Question is once again heading the lengthy list of issues concerning the British government. Or so Unionist politicians, analysts and commentators have convinced themselves. As the Prime Minister’s Scottish visit this week demonstrated, however, Number 10’s strategy for containing separatism is less than finely honed.
Grenfell, groupthink, greed and impossibly complex systems
A simple question – asked at the right time and then acted on – could have averted the Grenfell catastrophe.