Scotland has become a stag-nation. Over the past decade, its economy, which was already struggling, has fallen further behind the rest of the UK's: if it had kept up with the average, it would be 5 per cent bigger. Public services have suffered, too. Education, which used to be its pride and joy, has been left to rust. Scotland opted out of reforms like the academies programme, with the result that the proportion of secondary pupils getting good grades has increased by just
1 per cent, against 8 per cent in England. In health, waiting times have remained static, despite falling by two thirds down south.
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