NHS in imminent danger
The Barnett formula was first introduced prior to the 1979 general election by the Labour chief secretary to the Treasury Joel Barnett, after whom the formula is named. Initially it was viewed as a...
Monthly Archive: November 2021
A really frustrating place to work in
Rachael Hamilton, Tory MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and owner of the Buccleuch Arms Hotel in St Boswells, vented her annoyance with Holyrood this afternoon, insisting it was “a really frustrating place to...
Campaign to unseat 44 Tory MPs
A pro-EU group is set to unleash its campaign of forcefully hard-hitting ads to pressurise and unseat Tory MPs who voted for the UK/Australia trade deal which is probably set to affect farmers in...
Worth their weight in gold?
The basic annual salary for an MP from 1 April 2020 is £81,932. MPs also receive expenses to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London or...
Size doesn’t matter
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s TED talk on how small countries can make a big impact on climate change. When it comes to tackling climate change, the size of a country doesn’t matter – it’s...
Global Assembly Conference
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, addresses the Global Assembly Conference on the first day of COP26. “The Climate Assembly provides a platform for those often unheard voices, especially the voices of women, young...
