Constitutional Crisis?
I was reading in the Herald of Tuesday this week that they foresee a constitutional crisis if John Swinney does not sign up to the fiscal framework. How perceptive of the Herald; there has been a constitutional crisis since May 2011, or more probably since May 2007 when a sharp eyed nationalist counting agent, now the MSP for Skye,Lochaber and Badenoch, Dave Thompson, queried the Returning Officer’s declaration on the Regional Vote. This initially showed no seats for the SNP; after checking the figures, two seats were allocated to the SNP. This made the SNP the largest party in the Scottish Parliament, and Alex SalmondRead More →