Scotland voted for a devolved government in the 1990s. A limited number of powers were develoved -e.g. health, education etc. Scotland has no second chamber, like the House of Lords. What the Scottish Parliament passes becomes law. Wind on to 2020 and Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government (not even the Scottish Parliament) can unilaterally decide to impose a huge amount of restrictions on the Scottish people, even stricter than those in England. Even if you think Nicola and the SNP are doing a huge job, surely the extent of their power was never anticipated and is really quite outrageous? Yes, we are in unprecedented times but for me, the Scottish Government (again not Parliament) were never supposed to have such power. Scotland voted no to independence, yet our very freedoms rest entirely on Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP. I understand the UK government are also acting without consulting Parliament, never mind the House of Lords. However, they are the ultimate government of the UK. That's what all democratic processes above determined - the devolution vote and the independence vote. Scottish people have to have the entire fabric of their lives decided upon people who should not have the power to make such decisions. You might think Boris has got it all wrong and Nicola is doing better (take a look at the fiasco with Scottish students though!) However, the nature of our democracy makes the power given to Nicola &the SNP plain wrong in my view. For the record, I couldn't vote in the independence referendum as I wasn't in the country and never fully made my mind up on what I thought. So this isn't a anti-independence post. I'm just concerned a devolved government with limited powers is suddenly almighty. Nicola Sturgeon's address to the country last week left me uneasy. It was like a broadcast from the White House!