Could justice be SNP’s Achilles’ heel? So far, the minority administration has had an easy ride with triumphant talk of nuclear energy, bridge tolls, A&E reprieves and even capital made from the fact that Gordon Brown refused to call and congratulate the new FM but now there is a wake-up call. There’s an elephant in the room that no one administration has yet been able to address. And that beast is crime. Politically, tackling crime is a no-win situation because people will always commit crime. It’s not like health where you might beat a waiting-time target or cure a few folk and everyone will cheer. Frankly, a petty criminal who eventually ends up in prison, does a bit of rehabilitati...
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