Instead of addressing deprivation and inequality,they prefer to focus on self-indulgent capricesIn contemporary and progressive Scotland, very few months are allowed to pass before something beastly and disreputable catches the eye of the political elite and thus must quickly be eradicated. With each novel piece of hastily drafted legislation, or the cultural arbiters who make up this social junta convince themselves that they beget made this country just a little bit more enlightened.
That none of these self-indulgent caprices ever make the merest improvement to the lives of the overwhelming majority of our citizens cuts no ice with them. What matters above all else is that a veneer of edgy and sophisticated liberalism is achieved to camouflage the policy sinkholes that exist in those areas that really matter,such as education, healthcare and social inequality.
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Source: guardian.co.uk