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08 FEB 2012
Barra fishermen’s concerns need to be heard
Scottish Conservative MSP, Jamie McGrigor, has secured a debate in the Scottish Parliament to raise the concerns of Barra fishermen who oppose plans to designate local fishing grounds as conservation areas. This follows a previous debate on the same issue in 2002 which led to similar proposals bein...
08 FEB 2012
College cuts are not a budget for helping Scotland’s young people
The Scottish Conservatives are urging the SNP to amend the draft budget by re-thinking the cuts to colleges to prioritise growth for the Scottish economy. Finance spokesman Gavin Brown has held a series of meetings with Finance Secretary John Swinney asking him to make improvements to his 2012-13 d...
08 FEB 2012
Megrahi is blocking release of Lockerbie papers
Evidence given to the Justice Committee this morning has raised doubts over the effectiveness of the SNP Government's planned legislation to release documents detailing the reasons behind the release of Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi. Sir Gerald Gordon QC, a member of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Comm...
08 FEB 2012
Loss of Clydesdale Bank would lead to even less competition
National Australia Bank has announced a review of Clydesdale Bank and is looking for options to either sell or radically reform the business. Murdo Fraser MSP, Convenor of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, has written to John Swinney highlighting concerns of the review leading to a signifi...
07 FEB 2012
SNP treble spending on Government propaganda
The Scottish Government's Spring Budget revision has shown that they are planning a massive increase in the amount spent on communications in 2011-12. This is despite a previous pledge from Finance Secretary John Swinney to cut spending on promoting the work of ministers. The SNP stated that the c...
06 FEB 2012
Credit rating warning ‘deeply concerning’
Three leading credit rating agencies have stated that if Scotland separated from the UK it would not be guaranteed triple A status. Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch all indicated that Scotland would not automatically inherit the UK's top-notch rating. It comes after the SNP previously claim...
05 FEB 2012
Salmond needs to admit that a separate Scotland would have to join the Euro
In 2007, the SNP published a document asserting that an "independent Scotland would continue in the EU". Today, Alex Salmond once again stated that Scotland would not be an accession country to the EU and that it would simply renegotiate its position within Europe. However, a wealth of legal opini...
05 FEB 2012
More bully-boy tactics from Salmond in rant at BBC
Alex Salmond has reportedly criticised the BBC after he was told he could not appear on the broadcaster's coverage of yesteday's Six Nations match between Scotland and England. He described it as the kind of decision made by tin-pot dictatorships. The BBC said it had an obligation to ensure impart...
05 FEB 2012
SNP urged to produce budget that will boost economic growth
The Scottish Conservatives are urging the SNP to amend the budget to prioritise growth for the Scottish economy. Finance spokesman Gavin Brown has held a series of meetings with Finance Secretary John Swinney asking him to make improvements to his 2012-13 draft budget. He has made the case for act...
05 FEB 2012
Scottish public sector overtime hours ‘alarming’
FOI research carried out by Scottish Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell has revealed the number of hours of overtime carried out in Scottish public sector organisations. The figures show that over the last five years they have paid out for more than 4million hours of overtime. It comes after the Sc...
Three credit agencies say that if Scotland separates from the UK it would not be guaranteed triple A rating: http://t.co/UZXQL0f5 #sp4
2.6 days ago
Liz Smith has branded Mike Russell's anti-Scottish remarks today as 'insulting':
http://t.co/nGxmdOda #sp4
6.5 days ago
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