I’m back from Japan and full of admiration for this beautiful, welcoming, friendly and slightly insane country. I fully intended to learn about Japanese politics while I was there so I could bring you an informed comparison of the Scottish and Japanese political scenes. But I’m afraid I forgot, and just had a fabulous time [...]
Off for a hopefully non-shoogly holiday in Japan, back at the end of May. Try not to break anything while I’m gone!
Say what you like about civil servants, the ones at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) have been quick off the mark post-election. Just a couple of days after the surprise-fest that was our election result, SPICe had published a comprehensive briefing on female MSPs. I mean comprehensive in the sense that it deals with [...]