Month: August 2020

As requested by Professor John Robertson, a quick post about the Wikipedia entry on GERS.  Until I mentioned this on Twitter a few hours ago, the three most recent edits ...

Exactly one month ago, I was interviewed on IndyLive Radio about the Holyrood electoral system and the perils of attempting to game the system.  I've just spotted that the programme ...

The Scottish Government released its progress report last week on its ‘Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan’ – which announced that the ‘Scottish Child Payment’ of £10 per child per week ...

On 19 August Michael Gove, that most opportunist of Conservative Party chancers, currently relegated to the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, where Johnson presumably hopes he can ...

Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman is under pressure after the leaking of a letter from April calling on NHS managers to free-up hospital beds. Many patients were subsequently moved into ...

As many as 30 beaches across Scotland have been polluted in breach of sewage safety limits so far this summer, according to data from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa). ...

The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) is investigating the death of a beaver shot in Perthshire just two days after the season for lethal control ...

There is now some certainty in the Scottish political landscape. It’s a certainty that Scotland is now a country where a clear majority of people support independence. It’s a certainty ...

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has announced she will not be seeking re-election next year. Freeman joins Mike Russell, Aileen Campbell and Roseanna Cunningham in being the latest Minister to announce ...

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