during the salmond years. nicola brought it back to this focus on the poverty related attainment gap. and we do have to remember that that is a poverty related attainment gap. and poverty is not something the scottish government is uniquely in charge of. and i think we can now get to a position under humza, with the education secretary which can deliver some real reforms and make some real changes in the classroom. let s just look at the recent ipsos poll. it says support for independence is still strong, but the polls show a weakening of the link between supporting independence and voting for the snp since nicola sturgeon resigned. and of course then there was a subsequent financial controversy. but is the breaking of that link or the lessening of that link a worry? i think if you re talking about how you secure independence, i think it s less of a worry, because it shows support for independence is embedded in the population.
rainstorms turned streets into rivers. the severe weather causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations on top of that. the air travel system doesn t have enough bodies to deal with the disruptions. joining us transportation secretary pete buttigieg. mr. secretary, thanks for your time. i want to start with what kirby called the irregular operations events. if climate change is clearly getting worse and we re seeing it across the country right now, what can the administration do, what can airlines do to address something that doesn t seem to be going away or lessening anytime soon? well, there is no escaping the fact when you have more severe weather events, both them happening more often and them getting more weir severe, that s going to affect every form of transportation. we are assessing the northeast floods in the roads in new york state and in particular in vermont, and of course that s going to affect flight operations. so there is a reality in front of us that, you kno
also the environmental reasons but there is also the dry environmental reasons but there is also the dry for the reasons of lessening also the dry for the reasons of lessening the dependence on russia for gas lessening the dependence on russia for gas and the middle east for oil. but at for gas and the middle east for oil. but at the for gas and the middle east for oil. but at the same time, if you rush and make but at the same time, if you rush and make that rush to quickly the possibility and make that rush to quickly the possibility is that in the interim you will possibility is that in the interim you will increase your problems because you will increase your problems because you would have that transitional period. the counterargument to that from scientists and environmentalists and from others advocating change is that britain and the others have to drive that britain and the others have to drive towards renewables, otherwise there will drive towards renewabl
diverse student body serves values beyond race alone, including enhanced classroom dialogue, and the lessening of racial isolation and stereotypes. but conservatives, well, they went back to the drawing board, continue shopping for the perfect plaintiffs, and we return to the court this past past term, with two cases, students for fair admissions versus harvard college, and students for fear admissions versus the university of north carolina. by the way, that group named in both of those cases, students for fair admissions, well it s a right-wing activist group. it s lawyers argued that admissions programs at harvard and u.n.c. violated the equal protection clause at the 14th amendment, by discriminating against asian american applicants and in providing favorable treatments to students from other minority background. and finally, john roberts and
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