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Letter from Scotland
Not working. Tide out at Fisherrow, Musselburgh It’s the complaint of our times that “things are not working any more.” The list is endless: NHS waiting times, school performance, waste recycling, housing, ferries, air traffic control, drug rehab, potholes, the transition to renewables. The basic problem is government “austerity,” or better put, a mismatch between what people expect from their public services and what they are prepared to pay for through taxation. But if that’s too difficult to face, the easier option is to consider how we could organise things better.
