TODAY the very latest Scotland Bill gets its second reading in the House of Commons. According to “explanatory notes” supplied by the Scotland Office: “The Scotland Bill will deliver the Smith Commission Agreement.” And pigs might fly. Close reading of the Bill – 74 pages of dense legalese – shows it falls far short of the original all-party agreement to transfer “extensive new powers” to the Scottish Parliament. http://www.thenational.scot/politics/george-kerevan-cameron-fails-at-the-first-hurdle-with-incarnation-of-the-scotland-bill-that-falls-far-short-of-his-vow.3843