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I have never regarded the Scot govt to be beyond reproach and please take note of that fact as well Mr Saint Charles Owl!!!!!! Indeed scrutiny of the Scot govt is absolutely required as much as it is required of a second rate British govt in Westminster that continues to make some astounding and highly questionable decisions that threaten lives within the regions of England. I find your use of certain extreme words such as "shambolic" to be a wee bit "over the top" TBF and the generality of the Scot govt being dishonest and transparent is a tad inaccurate in the overall scheme of things even though, as I have previously iterated, they are not perfect and mistakes will inevitably happen on occasions. Btw you keep insinuating that nothing was done when, in fact, lotsa activity was happening in the background to move things on and lets not forget the element of risk in this particular case - fairly low esp with the actual process being applied anyway plus few travellers for obvious reasons and those travellers made aware of the quarantine rules required by the Scot govt plus the caution attached to their movements and monitoring of their health conditions plus adherence to social distancing etc. Subsequent compliance also confirmed by the Border Patrol and no surprise TBH! I'll also correct myself re the Welsh system of processing - it is different (no MOU) from the one being applied in Scotland but that is down to the Welsh FM and how the Welsh govt wanted do it. Lastly lets place this debate into perspective - of course mistakes will be made during this period of crisis and it is likely more mistakes will arise at some point but the Scot govt's overall approach, going forward, is driving down the prevalence of this virus to a level that is much lower than anywhere else in the UK (about 5 x lower than anywhere in England). Lets hope that success continues but one must emphasise there is a long way to go esp when one takes note of pubs in England shutting down again due to COVID detected infections (anybody surprised????) and lockdowns re-imposed in other countries like Australia, Serbia, Spain, USA - CHALLENGING TIMES FOR ALL GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE AND I'LL BET MOST OF THEM HAVE MADE MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY, SOME BIGGER AND COSTLIER THAN OTHERS!