The prime minister prefers to centralise power rather than give it away. That is bad news for Britain
Boris Johnson. ‘Local councils, in his view, are just battlegrounds in which to replicate national arguments.’ Photograph: Dan Kitwood/AP
Boris Johnson. ‘Local councils, in his view, are just battlegrounds in which to replicate national arguments.’ Photograph: Dan Kitwood/AP
Mon 10 May 2021 14.26 EDT
Last modified on Tue 11 May 2021 00.21 EDT
Nations are not born; they are made. Whether nations last is entirely up to the people who manufactured them. This provides one important reason to pay attention to the results of last week’s “Super Thursday” elections. In Scotland, the Scottish National party, which has been in power for 14 years, increased its representation in Holyrood. In Wales, Labour upped its vote share by 4% this year, having won 27 general election victories in a row and triumphed six times in devolved polls. Nicola Sturgeon and Mark Drakeford will remain first minister of their respective nations.