IF you were to ask the average Scot what has no place in a modern Scotland, then the answers would probably vary wildly.

For patients, waiting months to get treatment on the NHS and struggling to get an appointment with their GP would be simply unacceptable in 2024.

Likewise, islanders would probably say that a ferry network operated by decades old boats that impacts on their daily lives would probably top the list.

Others would argue that poverty, record numbers of people dying from drugs and a chronic lack of affordable housing would have no place.

Sadly, while all these issues really do have no place in a modern Scotland, the harsh reality is they are happening every day and that is a scandal.

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