Holyrood 421 / 25 March 2019
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Public health: The issues that affect us all. Including interviews with Joe FitzPatrick, the minister for public health, sport & wellbeing and Dr Roy Robertson, the GP who inspired Trainspotting. Plus Scottish Parliament 20th anniversary regional spotlight on Edinburgh and Lothian.
3 Editor’s note
We stand on the edge of history and we look like an Ealing comedy. Britain, the world is watching. And it is laughing at you
6 Roundup
Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks
7 Talking Point
Cyclone Idai reveals the human face of climate change
9 Digital
The best of Twitter and Holyrood’s online content
10 Political Spotlight
With the Brexit deadline upon us, UK politics has descended further into chaos
12 Special Feature: Visit Scotland
Tourism has gone from strength to strength in the 50 years since the foundation of the Scottish Tourist Board in 1969
15 Overview: Public health
How treating and preventing HIV informed Scotland’s approach to public health
19 Minister: Joe FitzPatrick
The Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing outlines his ambition to tackle some of the most challenging health problems of our time
25 Focus: Pollution, smoking & obesity
Public health challenges in Scotland today
28 Interview: Roy Robertson
The true story of the GP who treated the Trainspotting generation
32 Year 20 regions: Edinburgh and Lothian
How becoming a European capital again changed Edinburgh
36 Event Report
Holyrood’s STEM conference discusses progress in the key issues for the sector
38 Comment
Dani Garavelli: We can’t leave it to school children to sort out our mess
40 Diary
Fresh ideas from Labour, Brexit unicorns and cutting off members
41 Politicians and their pets
Christina McKelvie’s Collie is treated like a kid
42 Last Word
If anything it’s surprising it took the Conservative Party this long to turn to cannibalism