I TAKE the Right Honourable Sir Keir Starmer Knight Commander of the Order of Bath’s statement on his visit to Edinburgh at the weekend, that he intends to show Scotland “more respect”, as an admission that this country has not been shown much respect for many years.
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Perhaps he could begin with an apology for all the damage that the government in London has caused to Scotland over a very long time, and follow that with an undertaking to recompense Scotland for all that has been taken without payment in full.
I note, however, that what Starmer has said is that he will show us “more respect”. That allows him enough latitude to fulfil his commitment while falling a very long way short of showing us “due respect”.
Ni Holmes
St Andrews
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