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IT is little surprise that the announcement by the UK Government that it is to commit to spending millions across Scotland by working directly with local authorities has drawn the ire of the SNP ( Infrastructure investment plan for Scotland sparks SNP ‘power grab’ claims , The Herald, February 25). Kirsten Oswald’s po-faced comment that it represents a power grab by Westminster is entirely predictable; the largesse shown by the UK Government does not fit the SNP narrative that the Tories are evil, and that the SNP is Scotland, and therefore only it can disburse funds. Too often in recent years, successive UK Governments have deserted the political stage in Scotland, leaving it to local politicians to set the narrative. This is fine where the party in power locally is not one that is ideologically driven to break up the Union, meaning that it can rarely work harmoniously with the UK Government lest the independence narrative, woven over many years, is damaged.

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