Scots hold their loudly heralded Parliament to account, but where the distribution of power is murky—policing in London, for example—ministers get blamed.

苏格兰人可以与其国会对质，但权利的分配却并不清楚——比如，伦敦的警务问题却是内阁部长被指责。

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Apart from some minor transgressions, the Scots ministers have been a competent bunch.

ECONOMIST: Scots in government

Scots ministers said a new formula for allocating funding was based on population density, meaning areas like the Highlands would be particularly badly hit.

BBC: Scotland politics

But Scots ministers have insisted that, in the event of a 'yes' vote in the independence referendum, Scotland would remain part of the EU and negotiate its membership terms from within.

BBC: Lucinda Creighton