Summary
States of Scotland: 2004 Edited by Kenneth Roy (ICS books, (pounds) 18)
SCOTLAND'S temperature is taken more regularly than a hypochondriac's. Kenneth Roy, self-appointed chief medical officer, has asked 21 people to examine the patient and determine what exactly its condition is. The answer is more surprising than many might suppose. On several fronts there is cause for optimism, while on a few others there may even be - whisper it - cause for celebration. Roy himself, Life President of the Half Empty Club, admits to being taken aback. "Many of the essayists took a view of modern Scotland that this editor found surprisingly positive," he writes in his preface. "The pessimists are relatively few."See the full content of this document
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Toast to Scotland's Good Health
As Roy acknowledges, much of the optimism derives from our much- maligned parliament. Robert Black, a law professor and an expert on Lockerbie, says as far as the dispensation of justice is concerned the Executive must be counted "...
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