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ON Wednesday I took part in a Tory debate on Covid, vaccination and an independence referendum. Donald Cameron moved the motion and I moved the amendment – both of us from our homes. Then as Monica Lennon waited to do the same, Lib Dem MSP Mike Rumbles intervened to claim that remote participation did not allow for what he called “proper debate”. Of course Mr Rumbles knows a bit about remote participation in the Parliament, or at least its committees, as he did just that – from his second home in Italy – for a couple of months last summer. But he is not wrong to say that real parliamentary debate is undoubtedly more difficult in Holyrood at present.
| UPDATED: 17:10, Sun, Jan 17, 2021
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Depute leader Keith Brown has announced the creation of an independence task force as the Nationalists ramp up plans to rip Scotland out of the UK ahead of the Holyrood elections in May. The task force, working within SNP headquarters, will lead on strategy around independence as the party heads towards a referendum in early stages of the next parliamentary term.