Under Humza Yousaf the forces that polarised Scotland are weakening
He will struggle to replicate the momentum Nicola Sturgeon brought to separatism
Whereas the chamber of the House of Commons comprises tiers of opposing benches, set two swords’ length apart, the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh takes the form of a hemicycle. The seating reflected a hope that the assembly, which was formed at the turn of the millennium, would bring a more consensual, more European form of politics to Scotland.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Slowing the centrifuge”
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