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Posted on March 20, 2014 by

Continuing our trawl through the “Devo Nano” report. No squirrels this time.

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Labour, of course, immediately trumpets any anti-independence opinion from big business, but suddenly treats anything welcomed by industry with great suspicion if it’s in line with SNP policy, so no shocks on that front. But not for the first time, the party seems to have rather misunderstood the entire concept of devolution.

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