The SNP has launched a “national discussion on education” following an official report which states governance, qualifications and inspection regimes are “not fit for purpose”. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth stated: “There is an overwhelming appetite for change in Scottish education.”
Given that the Supreme Court ruled a vote for “independence” is not within Holyrood’s remit, what isnote-0note-1 “Independence Minister” Jamie Hepburn note-2note-3for – to say nothing of the phalanx of civil servants around him for whom, like Mr Hepburn, we pay handsomely.