Holyrood Intern Discovers ‘Screening Opinion’; Immediately Applies for One on Own Career
Dunkeld quarry paperwork becomes accidental national metaphor for second thoughts.
A stamp, undecided. Photo: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), “February 2019 - FBI Rubber Stamps (32289018487)”, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
EDINBURGH — News that Perth and Kinross will issue an updated environmental screening opinion on the Dunkeld quarry plans has inspired a fictional Holyrood intern to request a screening opinion on whether their job needs a full impact assessment.
“First impressions are drafts,” the intern wrote. “I would like a LOOK AGAIN stamp and a biscuit.”
Real planning law remains real. Our stationery joke does not replace it.
The real story: Updated EIA screening opinion expected on Dunkeld quarry plans (The Courier, 28 Oct 2026)
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