Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Post-Brexit? The EU doesn't pay for free bus travel for pensioners in Scotland. The EU doesn't pay for free prescriptions in Scotland. The EU doesn't pay for free tuition in Scotland. In Scotland, Holyrood prioritises those very policies which MSP's stood for in their manifestos and people voted for. They are nothing to do with the England's priorities (or lack of them) or the EU. Even Wales and Northern Ireland opted for the Free Prescription no-brainer.

It is cheaper to issue free prescriptions than to charge and have to manage a system of low-pay/ benefit entitlement refunds and reductions in charges. When everyone gets their prescription free, people just get healthier quicker, or get the pain relief they need without having to choose between pain relief and heating. The Scottish People decided that it was better to get pensioners out and about than have them sitting in their homes getting older while empty buses collected subsidies on those routes anyway.

It is that simple.

I think it's a terrible shame that during 13 years or whatever of Labour in Govt they failed to put the two countries back on a equal footing as partners in a union. Devolution was not anywhere near enough.

By the time of Indyref1 I believe (though you may not agree) that Salmond would have accepted "Devo Max" but the Tories would not countenance it and Labour colluded with that. It's no great surprise that Labour was rejected by Scotland, unlike pandas.