Joe Fagan: “obvious when the will of the Scottish people had changed”

Too often, councils are asked to make impossible choices, but power is pulled upwards. If we're to rebuild trust, we should start from the places where people actually experience politics.

It wasn't a good look for him to stop being a Glasgow MSP and head to Westminster's upper chamber.

We cannot reduce ourselves to being a party of commentators.

If reform is needed, it should start with backing the workforce, funding councils fairly and stopping public money being drained into excessive profits in social care.