The paper is being launched amid a dispute over Scottish government ministers using civil service staff to develop policy in reserved areas such as independence.
Apparently the single most divisive question in Scotland and main goal of the ruling party is a “reserved area”, according to Brits.
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The main criticism about using the civil service for this strikes me as wrong. This is future planning for a possible outcome. It’s what the civil service does. They’ve got experts in the areas that things like this will touch upon who you want to be the ones making these kinds of plans. If you don’t have people with in-depth knowledge and just Ministers making declarations you end up with the Brexit omni-shambles.