--- category: - 'Scottish politics' - 'US politics' date: '2021-01-08 08:40:47' draft: false pleromaurl: 'https://social.nipponalba.scot/notice/A31RP6z3V0XYiEoYF6' posttype: note sensitive: 'true' slug: 5ff81a8f visibility: public title: note --- Interesting, soon Scotland will have more of a voice in US politics than it does in UK politics. Dr. Amanda Sloat whose PhD thesis at Edinburgh university was on 'Scotland's role in the European Union' is to become Senior Director of European Affairs at the National Security Council. https://www.thenational.scot/news/18995645.dr-amanda-sloat-former-holyrood-advisor-handed-key-biden-post/?ref=rss