Nicola Sturgeon is gone, but the Government is still split on its approach to nationalism ✒️ HCH_Hill for ipaperviews
Even where they have secured significant victories, such as passing the UK Internal Market Act they have not had the strength inside government to follow through.
Moreover, we are now two prime ministers on from when UKIMA was passed. Boris Johnson might have said devolution has been “a disaster north of the border”, and Alister Jack as his appointee might in his innermost heart believe that too. But Rishi Sunak has shown no great appetite for risky political battles, and in the recent reshuffle was content to leave formal responsibility for Union policy in the hands of those who favour a conciliatory approach to the SNP.
Plenty of people, both in the wider commentariat and in government, simply could not believe this – especially the senior civil servants who have spent more than two decades delivering a policy agenda based on a completely contrary set of assumptions. It is no surprise then that according to, Sue Gray, the Whitehall revenant who leads on the constitution in the Civil Service, was one of the most energetic opponents of Jack’s veto proposal.
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