Borders and Polls

The Sunday Times published its poll showing the majority of Scots want independence and suddenly the rest of the UK(okay England) has woken up to the reality of what we've known in Scotland for some time now.

We examine the Tory government's  Five Point Plan to "save the union"  and the, by now inevitable, re-emergence of Gordon Brown and his latest devo max "vow".

The Scottish and UK governments seem to have struck a  neutrality pact when it comes to Coovid vaccine roll out but it looks like a vaccine war may be about to break out between Britain and the EU.

We're,sadly, used to some pretty awful health statistics in Scotland but the latest figures on healthy life expectancy make grim reading. And a decade of austerity policies seem to be the root cause.

All this plus thoughts on Burns Night, odes to tinned haggis, and a plan to save Dumfries town centre.