Holyrood534 / 16 September 2024

Ten Years on: The referendum still casts a long shadow

5 Editor’s note
We’re now a threadbare nation where councils are going bankrupt and public services being cut to the bone.

6 Roundup
Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks

7 Talking Point
Where did all the hope and optimism of 2014 go?

9 In Context
A successor to the Erasmus scheme

10 Spotlight: State of Independence
A decade on from indyref, how has the constitutional question moved on – and has it moved at all?

14 Health overview: Health of the nation
With a raft of bad news stories about the health service hitting, is it time the NHS was drastically overhauled?

18 Health Interview: Neil Gray
The health secretary on NHS pressures, the need for reform and juggling all that with his home life

24 Health: Broken NHS
Can a change of UK government and a ‘national conversation’ in Scotland help restore the health service?

32 Feature: Quantum Hubs
As cyber chaos edges closer, Scottish researchers are working to keep information safe

35 Feature: Reform UK
Reform UK is priming itself to fight for seats at the Scottish Parliament elections in 2026

38 PoliticAL INTERVIEW: Foysol Choudry
The Lothian MSP discusses his life’s work advocating for underrepresented ethnic minorities

42 Getting to know...
Lib Dem MP Susan Murray on having ‘too good a time’ in university

44 Holyrood Garden Party
Celebrating Scotland’s best MSPs

48 Comment
Time and hubris have caught up with the SNP, says James Mitchell

49 Local Politics
Highland councillor Karl Rosie on sailing away and quitting the SNP

50 Diary
How many Scottish Tory leadership candidates are there, anyway?

51 Last Word
Sketch: Sue Webber has promised her sister a train

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