I ASSUME that R French is a man, and the start of his letter looked as if it was going to be interesting. However he turns out to be just another delusional Englishman. Oh sorry, he doesn’t identify as being English, but as British! But let me answer some of the points he raises. Her Majesty the Queen, is not just the Queen of England or the UK but had a separate coronation as Queen of Scots and as such is the crowned head of state for Scotland, so can’t be considered a foreign national as Mr French implies if Scotland gains independence. However, there is little or no debate here that I know of about being a republic and abolishing the monarchy, and if so there would have to be a discussion and then presumably a referendum at some time in the future. The assertion that she will have to get rid of Balmoral is premature and hypothetical. Likewise his plans for Holyrood Palace.
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Herald on Sunday letters: We should bite the bullet and insist that pupils repeat the year they have missed out on
Herald on Sunday letters: We should bite the bullet and insist that pupils repeat the year they have missed out on WHY don t the various governments in the UK address the major educational deficit created by the curse of Covid over the last year? Currently their solution to this problem seems to centre round piecemeal and patchwork quilt approaches. They are going to offer extra tutoring to repair the gaps left in the education of the various cohorts, all of which have been seriously and adversely affected by the pandemic over the last year. That will be procured through extra funding, lengthening the school day and curtailing the school holidays. Those are the ideas currently circulating as the way to overcome the disadvantages imposed upon the student populations throughout the UK.
I AM currently reading Scotland: The Autobiography by Rosemary Goring, which contains snippets of written evidential information about Scottish historical facts and events. The following articles (edited by me) attracted my interest given the current Brexit and independence climate. It is about one Daniel Defoe who, as well as being an author, was also a government agent for the English Crown. In 1707 he was sent to Edinburgh, in the run-up to the Union, to spy on the local people who were up in arms when they heard about the prospect of the unification of the Scottish parliament with the English parliament. His observation was as follows.