Mr Rennie said: “Across the globe we are seeing the mounting importance of face coverings in every day life. As we move out of lockdown and people venture out more to work, shop or see friends it’s important that there are plentiful and readily available supplies.
But there is another question that needs to be asked, another reality that needs to be confronted and which many, it seems to me, are avoiding or are simply dismissive of. The question is: ‘Can we ever bring about such a change permanently?’ Can we ever sit back and say, we have changed our world, we have finally wiped this moral illness from the face of the earth?
The first minister says the Scottish government has published a paper today that puts forward some hopefully constructive proposals for the UK can stimulate the economy.
I now note a change of tone. Challenged on the care homes scandal and failure to refer residents with Covid-19 to hospital, Ms Sturgeon protested that these were judgments of “clinicians” and nothing to do with her, guv.
