For reasons known to most Sturgeon observers, the Prime Minister of Scotland decided that, as the census approached, there was no way he could allow Scotland to take part in the UK’s 10-year exercise to find out how many of us there are. In the end, it does not really approve of the United Kingdom. Indeed, there is hardly any official policy on these islands that would be happy to share with England, Wales and Northern Ireland – unless it suits them. So, to be different, he said that with the pandemic still raging, it was too much to ask the Scots to fill out a census form in 2021, even if everyone in England and Wales did, and that the Scottish census would to be delayed until 2022. And so the papers were to come out on February 28 and be returned by tomorrow (but then an extension of four weeks was agreed because so few responded). This left me in a difficult position. I was officially expelled from the England and Wales investigation because I did not live there last year and could not take part in the postponed Scottish investigation. Now, since the move of lock, stock and laptop to London, where the inventory had already been made, I am not registered in either because I lost both. To be fair, I doubt that the Prime Minister of Scotland deliberately identified me or that he knew he did. At least, I think so: the way she treats those who crucify her, you can never say for sure. Just ask Alex Salmond. Doing everything the way Sturgeon did, and not the way things are done in the rest of Britain – especially in London – was her hallmark song for all eight years she was in charge. And while she insists it’s better for the people of Scotland, the evidence is against her. Scots may have free university tuition, but it was more than a mechanism for the country’s middle class to stuff their boots, leaving less financial support for the poorest students. Sturgeon even has its own income tax policy and is gradually introducing its own welfare payments program, although some of them are so complicated that it leaves it to the Department of Labor and Pensions. Its defense policy has been so disastrous that it has had to come to terms with the UK line so far, although it deplores the parking of Trident submarines in its backyard. However, it is her inventory policy that has become one of the most striking examples of “My Way or No Way” attitude. He was so homely that he denied the existence of Scotland’s vast English population, with the questionnaire only allowing recipients to identify themselves as “Scottish” or “other British”, although “Irish” and “Poles” were among others. white ethnicities. included. There has also been controversy over guidance that informs people that they can choose whether they are men or women based on their gender identity and not biological sex. This forced distance from London has had the most devastating effect on the handling of Covid, especially when it comes to mortality in care homes and the closure of the Scottish economy. But at least she was wise enough to look forward to receiving all the UK financial help over the last two years, even if there is not a “thank you” note for Boris Johnson. Sturgeon’s actions may have denied my existence, but it is clear that it intends to continue to cast a huge shadow over UK politics. As a result, now that I’m not officially exist, I just have to find a way to be reborn to stop it.
