The SNP Government has finally hit on a different plan to the one which has involved the repeated pressing of the self-destruct button for the past five years.

Ideas such as gender self-identification for rapists, deeply flawed packaging recycling schemes and every-vote-is-a-referendum have been left to gather dust. The Green Party assault on living standards has been paused. Not much is getting done but things are calmer.

Some of Sturgeon’s screw-ups will take time to fix. It will probably be 2026 before the good people of Arran have a decent ferry service and, if you think you will be driving all the way from Perth to Inverness on a dual carriageway in your lifetime you had better not be a pensioner already.

There are ferries and roads to build and also some repair jobs to complete such as actually looking properly at the latest exam incompetencies by the SQA. The good news is the hopper of stupid policies is not being as vigorously filled as was the case until recently.

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