Weekend rewind: The top 10 Scottish politics stories you need to read
Updated: July 3, 2021, 9:03 am
From national warnings on the surge in coronavirus cases, to local councillors caught red-handed running troll accounts on social media, it’s been another busy week in Scottish politics. Just in time for the weekend, here’s a look at the top 10 political must-reads you need to catch up with:
1. ‘Like Eat Out to Help Out on steroids’
An adviser to Nicola Sturgeon has claimed the rise in Covid cases linked to Scots football fans at the Euros shows the country risks scoring an “own goal” – and warned politicians to learn from last year’s push to reopen restaurants. Professor Stephen Reicher, from the University of St Andrews, said government should reflect on the Eat Out to Help Out campaign and the impact it had on the spread of infection. Press & Journal Political Editor Andy Philip covered that story, and you can read it in full here.
Campaigners hope the move will lead to less litter (Sean Dempsey/PA)
Activists are due to bring more than 1,000 cans and bottles to the Scottish Parliament to mark the one-year countdown to the launch of Scotland’s deposit return system.
The deposit return scheme is due to begin on July 1 2022, after its original start date in April this year was delayed.
Under the scheme, shoppers pay an additional charge when buying drinks in cans and bottles and these fees are refunded when they return the empties for recycling.
The Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland (APRS) and the Marine Conservation Society are due to bring 1,085 cans and bottles to Holyrood on Thursday morning.
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