Figures tell a terrible story

An interesting letter to the Evening News from Gordon Murdie. He’s actually looked at the figures:
“It’s not all bad news really - one can wake up each morning comforted by being looked after by a community councillor, a district councillor, an MSP, an MP, an MEP and a ‘public sector’ currently growing at seven times […]

Smoke ban threat to Labour campaign

It looks like the first vote on the Scotland-wide smoking ban may have an effect on the general election.
“MSPs are scheduled to vote on the Bill to bring in the ban just a week before polling day, catapulting the proposal back into the headlines at a crucial point of the campaign.
One labour party source […]

Council tax nightmare for middle class

A revealing story in Scotland On Sunday yesterday was followed up in the Scotsman this morning. Look for council tax to increase after the election if Labour win, at present it seems as though the details will not come out before any election on May because the government don’t want to spoil their chances of […]

Stick your tickets… all two dozen of them

This is where it is and this is what it doesThe article linked below in the Evening News hightlights one person’s fight against the Council for there being “some doubt” over whether they were justified.

And the vast majority of the fines, issued on Cumberland Street and Dundas Street, were cancelled after it was agreed by […]

£2m on ‘failed’ sex education scheme

More money down the drain. News from the Executive that they will waste yet another £2m on a:
Controversial sex education programme which is to be expanded across the Lothians, despite a critical report which claimed it had failed to improve young people’s sexual health.
According to a report from academics at Aberdeen University, there is “little […]

Screw the Public Enquiry - M74 is a Goer

Scotland’s transport minister yesterday went against his own public enquiry’s decision and decided that the £500 million extension to the M74 south of Glasgow.
“Known as “the road to nowhere”, the five-mile, six-lane “missing link” motorway will be built between the Fullarton Road and Kingston junctions.
But Mr Stephen’s announcement was greeted with fury by environmentalists. Friends […]