‘An opportunity that we cannot dismiss lightly’

By The Newsroom

Published 29th Aug 2011, 14:54 BST

this newspaper has not always seen eye to eye with Scotland’s Justice Minister, and Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MSP, Kenny MacAskill.

We were, for instance, steadfastly against his decision to free Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet Al-Megrahi. But when it comes to his controversial plans for a single Scottish police force we believe that he is right.