By Rab Bruce’s Spider

I’m no fan of Sajid Javid, but we must give him some credit for refusing to give in to the pressure being applied by Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings which would have seen his entire staff sacked and replaced by people loyal to Cummings. It’s nice that Sajid Javid showed some principles, even if he only did so when confronted by a Government action which directly affected him personally. Still, at least he had the guts to resign rather than be turned into a lap dog.

Which leads us on to the succession of new Ministers in Johnson’s Cabinet. Were they chosen for their ability? Comments and videos posted on social media of some of their past performances suggest not, and we are left with the probability that they were chosen for their willingness to simply do as they are told.

It’s nice that the UK has escaped being governed by unelected, faceless EU bureaucrats and is now to be governed by a genuinely unelected bureaucrat in the shape of Dominic Cummings. This Cabinet reshuffle has taken the UK another step closer to becoming an authoritarian state.

And still, around half the population of Scotland think they are better off being governed by Westminster. I remain fearful that, by the time they wake up to what is happening, it will be too late to change things.