SIR Keir Starmer, Labour MP for an English constituency, wants to have devolution rolled out to take power away from Westminster.
He does not realise that his vague words are actually directed to an English audience in the unspecified English “regions”.
In Scotland (Wales and Northern Ireland), there already are forms of devolution in place. They were to be extended in Scotland by the Vow from North Briton Gordon Brown, but it flopped. It was a deception, a lie even, as it was opposed by the Labour party in Scotland and at Westminster.
In one point we can agree with Sir Keir’s idea to take power away from Westminster. In Scotland’s case, after our vote to remain in the EU was denied by Westminster, we will take full powers back from Westminster and make our own independent decisions from then on. As long as there can be returning English Tory governments, devolution for Scotland cannot be guaranteed. Anyhow, Sir Keir is not in government yet and we are not going to wait. Labour have deep troubles in England and are fading away in Scotland.