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The Loch Ness Monster
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SCOTTISH First Minister Nicola Sturgeon professed her faith in the existence of the Loch Ness monster last week, no doubt earning her much gratitude from the Scottish tourist board and the hotels, eateries and pubs around Loch Ness.
There are, however, more immediate political monstrosities that the First Minister has to deal with — and I am not only referring to reports that Alex Salmond fancies another shot at the Banff & Buchan seat he held from 1987 until 2010, when he switched to the Gordon constituency he lost in 2017, to return to Westminster.
The SNP’s Growth Commission report, which the Morning Star has commented on in some detail, was supposed to rekindle faith in a financially sound independent Scotland. But it has bombed, especially, but not exclusively, among the those who believed that independence might open the door to a radical Scotland where inequality could be eradicated.
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