The good weather and holiday weekends have seen visitors flock to the county. Not just the additional numbers but the accents disclose that it’s people come for a break. That’s a good thing as they boost the local economy, spending cash and creating jobs. But it also comes at a price as the pressure on facilities and services increases, and… Read more »
SAYS MACASKILL IN CHALLENGE TO UK GOVERNMENT Speaking today (Tuesday) in a Westminster Hall Debate at 4.00 pm in which he will lead on “immigration rules affecting offshore workers” Kenny MacAskill MP will argue that workers in the offshore wind sector should not face exploitation from unscrupulous employers. This has included the practice of sacking UK workers and bringing in workers from… Read more »
Like most I was gobsmacked by the Chiefs statement that Police Scotland was institutionally racist, never mind similarly afflicted with sexism and misogyny. Despite the seriousness of the allegations, no significant evidence was produced, nor action detailed to address it. Instead, it seems to have been a final salvo as the Chief heads off into retirement but leaving rank and… Read more »
Are there racist, sexist and misogynistic police officers? Sad to say, there’ll be a few, but it’s the same in other walks of life – politics, the press, civil service or health service. All seek to exclude them when recruiting but even the best processes can be circumvented or fail to pick up unacceptable views. Nefarious behaviour and inappropriate attitudes aren’t to be… Read more »
The idea that the newly announced price cap is some great munificence is simply absurd. The new rate, although lower, is still going to see fuel prices far higher than when the crisis began. Many will still struggle to meet bills with one charity even suggesting a figure of over six million people across the UK. Nor can it be… Read more »
A Tory minister once had to apologise in parliament for saying that, in pressing on, he wasn’t doing so with “his bow doors open”. It was a crass and insensitive remark, coming days after almost 200 had lost their lives when the Herald of Free Enterprise sank outside Zeebrugge, partly due to having commenced its sailing that way. Now hull 802 isn’t a… Read more »
Ireland with fewer advantages than Scotland possesses has achieved so much more over recent years. It’s economy’s far stronger than ours, its growth’s greater than that of the UKs and poverty’s less harsh for their people than what ours are suffering. Irish companies have moved into Scotland and now they’re showing what can be done with the bounty of offshore renewable energy. We already have… Read more »
Westminster elections are rarely comfortable for the SNP. The 2015 landslide unique, coming in the lea of the referendum and garnering a galvanised Yes vote, as opposed to divided Better Together parties. Normally, it’s much harder to motivate independence supporters for an election to an institution they disdain, and some query why it’s even contested. It’ll be even harder now…. Read more »
The big political issue at Westminster was the arrest of demonstrators at the Coronation Events in London. Now, I literally headed for the hills with my dog as whilst I respected the Queen the time has now come for a Republic. London resembled Ruritania with its flags and buntings. No expense seemed spared, but meanwhile hunger and homelessness increase. Stopping… Read more »
Former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill MP has today (Tuesday) called for the Scottish Government to establish a judge led inquiry into the role of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) following revelations in the Scottish media that the COPFS may have delayed by up to two weeks the granting of a warrant to carry out a search into the home… Read more »