It wouldn't have been possible anyway - a point Sturgeon herself made again today. SG didn't have powers/finances for a furlough scheme.

She said: “It was a very conscious and deliberate decision at the outset of the pandemic to lead from the front and to make very clear that the buck stopped with me.

“I want to be clear today that I stand by that decision and if the clock was to be turned back, I would make that decision again.”

And this one I wrote in Feb 2024, about four months after the initial Grangemouth announced.

If just transition can't be delivered at Grangemouth, how can any industrial community be sure they will get one? www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

This one I wrote a year ago, before the refinery ceased operations.

A lack of planning from either govt was “a pretty big gap left by government”, one Petroineos insider told me. www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

I've written extensively for @holyroodmag.bsky.social about the failures and gaps at Grangemouth, and the wider transition. Much of this also applies to Mossmorran.

Latest here & in most recent mag: www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

I look forward to your commentary.

I actually missed *all* the goals! But I have caught up now, on the assumption my curse cannot change history... Or maybe that's a risk too far.

More here: www.holyrood.com/news/view,re...

Both websites appear to be back online again.

The day we moved away from dial-up was truly revolutionary. I could Neopets all day without interruption.

Less romantic, dumped my first boyfriend via MSN. (We also met on holiday so I wasn't in a position to do it in person. Also I was about 12).