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When lockdown ends, protecting our NHS and social care sector and preventing a second wave of the virus will be at the top of the priorities list, says BILL KIDD MSP
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NEXT May’s elections seem a very long way off when all our focus and energy are turned towards dealing with the devastating effects of the Covid-19 virus. 

However, as we all know, living in a democracy our election cycle will inevitably, and rightly, come back round.

So far, with the increased volume of work that has come through my office in terms of all the constituent and systems changes to be dealt with, until writing this article, I hadn’t really given next year’s Scottish Parliament elections a great deal of thought. 

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