Holyrood 419 cover / 25 February 2019

20 years of devolution: Including exclusive interview with former prime minister Tony Blair, comment from Sir Harry Burns, and interview with activist and academic Isobel Lindsay

3 Editor’s note

Let’s be clear here, Shamima Begum was an adolescent whose ‘choices’ were not ones that you can apply any sense of logic or rationality to

6 Roundup

Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks

8 Talking Point

We should all be chilled by the withdrawal of citzenship from Shamima Begum

9 Digital Highlights

The best of Twitter and Holyrood’s online content

10 Political Spotlight

The newly-formed Independent Group emerges

12 Special feature: Integration

Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s new chair Carole Wilkinson

14 Cover story: Tony Blair

Exclusive interview with the former Labour leader

21 Regions: 20 years on

Holyrood launches a new series of regional features on how devolution has changed Scotland

26 Focus: Land reform

Land reform was the iconic issue of the early days of the parliament and it is still a work in progress

28 Comment: Harry Burns

Scotland’s former CMO on the impact of devolution on the nation’s health

30 Interview: Isobel Lindsay

The activist and academic describes her devolutionary odyssey

34 Year 20 Profile

Holyrood talks to Lewis Macdonald about the early days of devolution

36 Event Report

How sustainable is the digital health and care strategy?

38 Comment

Chitra Ramaswamy on the impact of the pupil strike on climate change

40 Diary

Mike’s mic, the Brexit monster and eating our furry friends

41 Politicians & Their Plates

Liz Smith loves rib of beef with fresh vegetables from her neighbour’s farm

42 Last Word

Sketch: Liam Kirkaldy on how the new Independent Group of MPs might fare north of the border

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