Alex Cole-Hamilton is one of those people who you wish the electorate would...
Alex Cole-Hamilton is one of those people who you wish the electorate would just hurry up and elect. Good luck next time.
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Willie Rennie to be next Leader of Scottish Lib Dems
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Willie Rennie has now confirmed he’ll be standing for the Scottish Lib Dem leadership. The 43-year-old says he expects to be the only candidate – meaning he’ll be...
View ArticleFrom the Times: SNP rethink on what it means to be independent
The SNP is working on a major shift in its concept of independence which would see the ditching of many aspects of the party’s historic drive for a separate Scottish state. The radical rethink of the...
View ArticleFrom the Times: Revolt grows over Labour’s inquiry into Holyrood rout
Ed Miliband is facing growing criticism from party members in Scotland over the type of inquiry he has ordered into the reasons for last week’s disastrous Holyrood election defeat. The Labour leader is...
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Front page of the Sunday Herald in Scotland
Utterly extraordinary front page of the Sunday Herald in Scot… on Twitpic. Sunday Herald Front Page
View ArticleScottish Lib Dems Member Forum
On the 19th June the Scottish Lib Dems has arranged a Members’ Forum in Edinburgh where the principle topic will be a review of the 2011 Scottish Parliament Election. The booking form contains a...
View ArticleThe death of a virtual, yet also very real, person I knew.
Anyone who follows Liberal Democrat users of twitter will have found out today about the death of Andrew Reeves at the tragically young age of 43. Well liked and respected across the UK he would have...
View ArticlePlease, wont someone think of the children
Crimes against children, especially sexual crimes, are rightly a cause for great concern in society. In fact, the issue of child protection has been covered at least three times by the Scottish...
View ArticlePlease, won’t someone think of the children (Part II)
So it is done. Congratulations to all those who wanted Craig Thomson sacked. Hearts have ripped up his contract and consigned him to the dustbin. Well done. This storm over how Hearts Football Club...
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SNP rapped by water regulator – Lib Dems were right!
SNP rapped by water regulator – Scotland on Sunday: MINISTERS have been told that their insistence on keeping Scottish Water in public ownership is hampering the company’s efforts to fix the...
View ArticleGood article in Holyrood Magazine – A different approach
The independence issue has sucked the air out of Scottish politics in recent weeks. As much a battle of ego and sheer will as a contest of ideas and policies, the debate has left little room for...
View ArticleThis is a stupid idea –
As a Liberal I believe that there should no vested interests at the ballot box and properly regulated lobbying by vested interests (including Union contributions). “Should companies be given the vote?...
View ArticleSNP postpone Caledonian Sleeper Upgrade to give public money to Scottish Water
The SNP made a great play during the elections last year about how Scottish Water should not become a public interest company and that all its money should come directly from the public. We can now see...
View ArticleGay Rights Petition: Link between 17 MPs & charity that co-sponsored ‘gay...
Sometimes, as an MP and MSP, you have to look at the organisations supporting your office and just say no - Gay Rights Petition: Link between 17 MPs & charity that co-sponsored ‘gay cure’ event |...
View ArticleUnions considering disrupting London Olympics
For reasons I don’t get there is much antipathy in Scotland towards the London Olympics which I can only describe as anti-English really. I didn’t apply for a ticket but you can be sure that I will...
View ArticleLib Dem DNA – House Lords Reform.
BBC News – House Lords reform – part of Lib Dem DNA says Campbell.
View ArticleHow little influence Scotland will have at EU.
I try to avoid the Daily Mail in all its incarnations, including its wildly popular website. However, Subrosa-Blonde has pointed me in the direction of this piece from Mary Ellon Synon which is quite...
View ArticleLord Forsyth British students deserve better (aka Scots deserve worse?)
Sometimes I read things by Scottish politicians that I can’t quite understand. Here we have Lord Forsyth, who has very clear lines in the sand about devolution, wanting to increase tuition fees for...
View ArticleOne of the many reasons manufacturing is now mostly abroad:
“But he said that there are still anomalies in the tax regime – such as that which meant that the British designers of the new Raspberry Pi computer discovered it was cheaper to have it assembled in...
View ArticleWhy don’t the Nats like Joan McAlpine MSP and those who agree with her...
Joan McAlpine MSP is a clever person. You have to be to clever be a journalist, broadcaster and author. You don’t, it appears, need to be clever to be an MSP however. In one of her first columns for...
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