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The SNP-Tory alliance’s obstruction of anti-virus measures puts the public in danger
The people of Scotland rely on their Parliament to make the right choices in this time of national crisis, not block assistance to the vulnerable, writes RICHARD LEONARD

MANY members of the Scottish Parliament, alongside liberal-minded commentators in Scotland’s press, like to congratulate themselves with the idea that the Scottish Parliament is more co-operative and respectful than Westminster — and also more socially progressive.

But in recent weeks we have seen that Holyrood has a real capacity for bad behaviour and “small-c” conservatism.

When Scottish Labour laid amendments to the government’s emergency Covid-19 legislation last week, it could have been a prime opportunity for the SNP government to put its rhetoric about co-operation and national consensus into reality. 

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