“We need to focus on the physical, mental and environmental wellbeing of our citizens.” “We don’t just believe in independence for Scotland – we believe in independence for everybody. And independence for our older...
On Wednesday 19th June Nicola Sturgeon was sworn in at the Court of Session as First Minister of Scotland. Before her swearing in she announced her nine Cabinet Secretaries. Including herself there are five...
This was the scene yesterday, the day of Eid, the worldwide Muslim religious holiday that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan, when Pollokshields residents came out in their hundreds, perhaps...
Mention independence and one of the first issues brought up is the border – that 96 mile boundary between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west that...
The voting is over, as now are the two nailbiting days of waiting impatiently for results. Will this seat be lost, that seat won? Ecstatic cheers when a seat came our way, but a...
A reminder from author James Robertson of one of the many funny and uplifting moments of 2014. It remains as relevant today as it was then. Undelivered promises and undelivered changes from Westminster and...
In a timely reminder before polling day on May 6th Jamie Jauncey, in his last video of the current series, points out that no-one got anywhere by dreaming small. If you know of anyone...
Much publicity and lavish praise has been heaped upon the recent paper and lecture given by Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford....
The UK government has taken the decision to refer two Holyrood laws to the UK Supreme Court to decide if, in introducing and passing these bills, the Scottish Parliament has gone beyond its devolved...
Els Nicol lives in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders – a true blue Tory area, apart from a brief period between the 2015 and 2017 general elctions when inhabitants were represented by the SNP’s...
