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22 March 2024

Scotland is missing elder statesmen

Holyrood lacks an equivalent to the cadre of former UK leaders who offer the wisdom of experience.

By Chris Deerin

The 25th anniversary celebrations – if that’s the right word – of the Scottish Parliament’s opening are under way. 

Thursday saw three of the four living former first ministers appear at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms to talk about that quarter century and the events that led up to devolution. 

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