MY late mother, who lived to almost 90 in reasonable health, latterly with several interventions by the Scottish NHS, used to say “age doesn’t…
MY late mother, who lived to almost 90 in reasonable health, latterly with several interventions by the Scottish NHS, used to say “age doesn’t come itself”. As a 64-year-old male I read the announcement that average life expectancy in Scotland is still falling with a degree of sadness, fear and trepidation.
It seems that devolution is now doing little to improve the overall health of the nation. We can only hope that perhaps with independence we might start to improve the situation – preferably before 2034, please.Having lived is both Denmark and Queensland, Australia, and experienced integrated rail, bus, ferry and metro systems, all accessed via one tap-on, tap-off card state-wide, I feel that aiming for discrete city solutions in Scotland is missing a significant trick.
We have had the pleasure of driving an EV since 2019 which has a range of 290 miles on a full charge, and would never set out on a journey of any length without being fully charged. In fact, although we have driven from Fife to Caithness, a distance of 230 miles and still have had 35 miles “in reserve”, we normally stop en route and have a bite to eat while the EV is being topped up.In four years of very pleasurable driving we have only once found a charging point to be out of order.
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