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If they did, they might remember the seminal scene in which wee Archie Ives, the Scottish flight officer, is stuck in the cooler with the American army captain played by Steve McQueen. The two reflect on their pre-war lives and wee Archie reveals that when he was back in Scotland he was a jockey.
Therefore, I think that we are right to be concerned about the jobs at Almondbank and to act pre-emptively to defend them.We lost military contracts at Rosyth but recently gained some on the Clyde, which is good news.
Amendment S2M-162.4, in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, is pre-empted. The next question is, that motion S2M-162, in the name of Murdo Fraser, on the water industry, as amended, be agreed to.
As Jamie Stone and others have mentioned, the level of scrutiny that is possible now is several light years away from what was possible in pre-devolutionary years. As Jamie Stone said, input from ordinary people is vital.
I can never accept that because, as a Conservative and therefore—no doubt members will dispute this—as a member of the pre-eminent unionist party in the Parliament, I think that it is a disgrace that we are not able to have a real discussion about policy.