Anything Krankie says is immaterial in the south - the words from Holyrood apply to those north of the border.

A UK GB & NI passport states: "Her Brittanic Majesty's Secretary of State Rquests and requires in the Name of Her Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance, and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary".

If it is good enough for foreign travel the same must apply domestically.

I don't see why when in Scotland, you wouldn't have to obey Scottish law?

Entering Scotland in a condition which under Scottish law means you are not allowed to travel looks like you would be in breach of Scottish law from the moment you entered the nation.

An analogy would be alcohol limits for drivers.  If I remember correctly, Scotland has a lower limit than England does.  So if your alcohol level was under the English limit, but above the Scottish limit, you could legally drive in England but if you drove into Scotland, you would be driving illegally from the moment you entered the nation. 

Equally, if under English law you don't have to isolate but under Scottish law you would, it would seem that you would be in breach of Scottish law from the moment you entered Scotland.

Agreed - currently guidance (not law) in Scotland - the Scottish Govt is due to make announcements in Holyrood on Tuesday - not the ridiculous take to the airwaves on a Sunday evening with a pie in the sky idea that will mess up NHS scheduling for the rest of December and well into 2022.

But perhaps the major difference is that the population in Scotland have been consistently supportive of what its Govt has been doing in terms of Covid - in stark contrast to the Prime Minister's ratings. The leader of the Scottish Conservatives (both an MP and an MSP) was broadcast yesterday expressing his disquiet about BoJo's position.

I expect an announcment on Tuesday that the vax programme in Scotland will be ramped up but without some promise to complete offers by the end of the year. Does anybody really believe that the NHS might vaccinate 1 million people in the UK on Christmas Day and another 1 million on Boxing Day?

Originally Posted by: peter gotch

- not the ridiculous take to the airwaves on a Sunday evening with a pie in the sky idea that will mess up NHS scheduling for the rest of December and well into 2022.

 Does anybody really believe that the NHS might vaccinate 1 million people in the UK on Christmas Day and another 1 million on Boxing Day?

Now some people will know my maths can be a little suspect at times - but if we assume that someone can give 3 injections an hour (allowing for paperwork etc) than we need 333,333.333 hours of injection - if we make them work 8 hours a day thats 41,667 people injecting. According to the government figures there are 1465 sites offering injections so thats an average of 28 people per site!  Now i know we have some big sites but im not sure we can make that average!

Book early to avoid tired staff!

A little saddened to see that no one has commented on the unecessary and uncalled for name-calling of politicians on this forum. Perhaps it was designed to be provocative, or perhaps malicious, but it has no place in what is supposed to be civilised discourse on a public forum

Originally Posted by: pseudonym

A little saddened to see that no one has commented on the unecessary and uncalled for name-calling of politicians on this forum. Perhaps it was designed to be provocative, or perhaps malicious, but it has no place in what is supposed to be civilised discourse on a public forum

Eh?

Sturgeon was referred to as 'Krankie' (and she does look like very much like the smaller Krankie), and Johnson was referred to as 'BoJo' (a commonly used abbreviation, including by supporters).  Which of those do you consider to be "unecessary and uncalled for", "provocative" or "malicious"?

I guarantee I have a much lower opinion of either of them than those labels imply. Both are much more civil than either deserve.