What Scotland can learn from Andy Burnham
The mayoral model so successful in England should be replicated north of the border.
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Chris Deerin
Chris Deerin is Scotland editor and contributing writer at the New Statesman. He writes regularly on Scottish independence, Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP. You can see his writing here and in the Scotland section.
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