Scotland’s sustainabe future
Mairi McAllan is the SNP candidate for Clydesdale. If elected, she intends to: “help build a recovery from Covid-19 which is fair, inclusive, green and focused on the wellbeing of our people and planet....
Category: Economy
Brexit means bust
James Withers is Chief Executive of Scotland Food & Drink, an organisation with over 400 member companies, set up in 2007 to grow the value and reputation of Scotland’s food and drink industry. Scotland’s...
What a way to earn a living
Lockdowns to repress the spread of Covid 19 can’t be said to have many upsides. Isolation, inability to socialise or see family members who are in care homes or hospitals. Life centred around the...
Think you know Scotland?
Think different, Think Scotland | Scotland Is Now This is a video produced by Scottish Development International, aimed at persuading those interested in conducting business in Scotland of its benefits. Many No voters seem...
How times have changed
That was a belief we all lived with. The Tories boasted of being the party of law and order, upholders of the rule of law, guardians of the unwritten British constitution, a world power...
The currency question
And when the Westminster ‘No’ often doesn’t mean ‘No’. Unionists insisting Scotland would not be allowed another independence referendum have recently appeared to change their tune, now wanting to decide the franchise for indyre2...
End of road for Scotland’s premium food and drink industry?
The proposed UK Govt Internal Market Bill will create a “level playing field” across the UK for trade negotiations with the EU which will be imposed on Scotland, Wales & N Ireland. Is this...
No deal and damn the torpedoes.
Sixteen months ago Michael Gove, MP for Surrey Heath and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, believed that a no deal Brexit would be very damaging to farming in the UK. Yet in that...
Building self sufficiency
Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation in the Scottish Parliament, has issued a report Coronavirus (COVID-19): report on Personal Protective Equipment supplies: Supporting our Front Line Services and Building Self Sufficiency which...
Lamont supports lowering of standards
“Important thread about food standards and animal welfare in yesterday’s Agriculture Bill. There were some Tories who could support the important measures in the Parish amendment. Then there were the Scottish Tories.” Tweet from...
