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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/p>\nFormer Tory minister Lord Frost has said that the issues facing the Scottish National Party (SNP) have provided an opportunity for the UK to \u201creview and roll back some currently devolved powers\u201d which created the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments. His comments have sparked a backlash from the SNP and some Scottish Tories, but do you think devolved powers should be \u201creversed\u201d? Vote in our poll.<\/p>\n
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Writing in his column for the Daily Telegraph, Lord Frost, who formerly served as the UK\u2019s chief Brexit negotiator, claimed that devolved powers in Scotland and Wales \u201chas resulted only in the recreation of closed-shop fiefdoms\u201d, adding that \u201cit\u2019s time to reverse the process\u201d.<\/p>\n
He wrote: \u201cDevolution was designed in a different world \u2013 a world in which many powers theoretically devolved to Scotland were actually held at EU level and could not be exercised in practice. Brexit changed that.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cTime to stop. Devolution was about enabling powers to be exercised closer to the people in a more practical and accountable way.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead, it has resulted in the creation of closed-shop fiefdoms, effective one-party states, a tinpot amateurish one in Wales and a seriously dangerous one in Scotland.\u201d<\/p>\n
IF YOU CAN’T SEE THE POLL ABOVE, CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/p>\n Central Scotland MSP Stephen Kerr shared his thoughts on Twitter, writing: \u201cStrongly disagree with this article. A poor Scottish Government isn’t justification to roll back devolution, any more than issues at the UKGOV are justification for Scottish separation. Devolution works. It\u2019s the SNP that are failing.\u201d<\/p>\n Similarly, Scottish Tory MSP for mid-Scotland and Fife, Murdo Fraser Tweeted: \u201cThis is nonsense. Devolution has allowed us to shine a light on SNP failures. The @Conservatives will not be rolling it back.\u201d<\/p>\n A Scottish Conservative spokesperson said: \u201cLord Frost is a backbench peer and entitled to his personal views. Our view, shared by the UK party, is that the problem is not with devolution but with this divided and distracted SNP Government.\u201d<\/p>\n