A Church closure’s a loss to the wider community not just the congregation and that applies especially in rural communities. So, the announcement of further closures in East Lothian’s a sad moment. It’s understandable given the change in the population in many of these villages and the decline in church attendance but it’s still a loss. They often have a… Read more »
UK GOVERNMENT MUST END FORCED INSTALLATION OF PRE PAYMENT METERS, ABOLISH HIGHER STANDARD CHARGES AND INTRODUCE A SOCIAL TARIFF East Lothian MP and fair energy prices campaigner Kenny MacAskill has been granted an Urgent Question by the Speaker “to ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy if he will make a statement on the levels of self-disconnection from power… Read more »
MACASKILL EXPOSES FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF SCOTLAND’S WIND FARMS: The ALBA Depute Leader Kenny MacAskill MP has revealed the full extent of the foreign ownership of Scotland’s renewable energy assets by state owned energy companies with countries including China, the United Arab Emirates, France, Sweden, Norway and Ireland all profiting from Scotland’s massive energy resources in the Offshore wind sector. Mr… Read more »
The constitutional row between the UK Tories and Holyrood’s SNP/Green Government is a contrived spat which does neither party any credit. The legislation’s flawed and even dangerous in parts. It needs to be amended. There are many aspects though that are not only acceptable but required. The issues that cause the controversy and those, in particular that, threaten or conflict… Read more »
I’m sorry to keep banging on about energy but it’s the issue of our time. That Energy Rich Scotland has folk suffering hypothermia’s perverse and where’s the cash and jobs that should be flowing from this natural bounty of ours. That was brought to mind with the government and council recently lauding a contribution of £1 million from East Lothian… Read more »
LEVELLING UP – ALBA REACTION “STICKING PLASTER WILL NOT COVER THE GAPING WOUND OF BREXIT” – HANVEY ALBA Westminster Leader Neale Hanvey MP and ALBA Depute Leader Kenny MacAskill MP have responded to the announcement today (Thursday) on the allocation of levelling up funds. In a statement Neale Hanvey, MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath said: “While funding for important projects is always welcome the reality… Read more »
My old friend Alex Neil, the former Health Secretary, raised hackles when saying there were too many careerists in the Scottish Parliament and MSPs were simply nodding donkeys for party whips. His fire was ranged across the Chamber, not just at Scottish Government benches. The ills of Holyrood are also a microcosm of Westminster, although greater numbers and different operating… Read more »
Speaking at the Scotland’s Way Forward – The way ahead for Scottish Independence being hosted by the ALBA Party in Edinburgh today (Saturday) ALBA Depute Leader Kenny MacAskill MP said: “The right of working people to withdraw their labour is a right hard won over many decades of struggle and it is not one that we can surrender without a fight. That is… Read more »
There’s been much said by the UK Government about the evils of Iran and Russia and I’m not going to disagree. But you’re also judged by the friends you keep not simply the paragon of virtue you seek to portray yourself as. The UK’s unseemly closeness to Saudi Arabia has long been challenged but executions and state murders of journalists… Read more »
I’ve never been a Tory and never will be. But I’ve friends who are and despair at the lack of entrepreneurism and seek a more dynamic society. I’ve some sympathy for them as Scotland’s clearly underperforming and some aspects of the municipal socialism I was reared in were plan daft. The rules on council house door colours spring to mind… Read more »