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Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 5 April
Yesterday's plan from the Scottish Liberal Democrats to resell Scottish Water's debt to fund a one-off set of spending plans is pure fantasy, Greens have said. The move would see additional bonds sold...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Conservatives, 5 April
The Scottish Conservatives yesterday promised to introduce locally elected police Commissioners. Speaking outside Selkirk police station, John Lamont, Scottish Conservative Justice Spokesperson and...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Labour, 5 April
Scottish Labour yesterday described the Tories plans for elected police Commissioners as 'a recipe for more red tape for Scottish police'. The Scottish Conservatives today outlined their policy of...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Liberal Democrats, 5 April
With yesterday's big news from the Scottish Liberal Democrat camp being the launch of their 2011 manifesto, other news from the Lib Dem camp took on a distinctly aquatic theme. Commenting on the...
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Daily roundup: SNP, 5 April
Commenting on the launch of the Lib Dems' manifesto, Finance Secretary John Swinney said that the Treasury's Statement of Funding Policy for the devolved administrations meant that any such proceeds...
View ArticleElectionspeak: poll
By Betty Kirkpatrick A poll can refer to a public survey, such as an opinion poll, by which what is considered to be a representative sample of the populace is asked to give their views on something....
View ArticleThe strange case of the casting directors who lost their Marples
Isn’t it obvious? The ancient sleuth based on Agatha Christie’s granny is to be played by Her Out of Alias. Disney’s take on Miss Marple starring Mrs Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, has elicited houls...
View ArticleExtra stress can lead to memory loss, say Edinburgh researchers
Too much stress may help contribute to memory loss as we get older, researchers from Edinburgh University have suggested. A study into mice has found that once stress levels reached a certain point,...
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Site improvement: A new forum for Scottish Voices
The Caledonian Mercury does not seek to be the “voice of Scotland”. Instead it is a place for all the voices of Scotland to be heard. There is no central editorial line, just a belief in independent,...
View ArticleDiary: Oops, Labour proof-reading gaffe mars manifesto launch
Labour managers had to delay the online edition of their manifesto today to correct a mistake which caused great mirth when it was spotted at the party’s manifesto launch this morning. On page 68 of...
View ArticleLabour launch election manifesto with 250,000 jobs commitment
Iain Gray launched the Scottish Labour manifesto today with a pledge to create 250,000 new jobs. The Scottish Labour leader unveiled a manifesto packed with spending commitments, at the heart of which...
View ArticleResearch suggests that regular retail therapy helps men to live longer
Want to live a long life? Then go shopping, often. That’s the suggestion of researchers in Taiwan, who have found that older men in particular seem to benefit from a daily dose of retail therapy. The...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 6 April
Scottish Greens have said yesterday's Labour manifesto launch failed to dispel long-standing doubts over how the party will raise revenue to fund its mixed bag of policies for Scotland. Greens found...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Liberal Democrats, 6 April
Commenting as Labour launched their manifesto yesterday, Liberal Democrat campaign chair George Lyon said: “It was the Labour party’s failure in Government that caused youth unemployment to soar. Scots...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Conservatives, 6 April
Scottish Conservative Education Spokesman Liz Smith yesterday branded Labour's claim that they have met NUS Scotland’s three campaign demands as "unbelieveable". “This is a phony pledge from Iain Gray...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Labour, 6 April
The biggest news from the Labour camp yesterday was their manifesto launch. The manifesto was released online, as a book, and on the party's “iPledgecards”. The iPledgecard is a wallet-sized USB data...
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Daily roundup: SNP, 6 April
On the day that Labour launched their manifesto, actor and Rector of Dundee University Brian Cox gave his backing to Alex Salmond and the SNP at this election as the party to "hold the line against...
View ArticleMichael Russell: lighthouses, land reform and the Liberal betrayal
Michael Russell has served as secretary for education and lifelong learning since 2009, and is standing as the SNP candidate for Argyll and Bute on 5 May. The strangest question I was ever asked on a...
View ArticleVideo: Multi-player games for the mobile generation – from Glasgow
Analysts around the world have been claiming for some time that the mobile internet would eclipse access from the PC, probably by around 2015. They don’t all agree on what will make this happen....
View ArticleWhy humans – and their dogs – need to take care with ticks
By Elizabeth McQuillan Nasty little critters. Ticks apply stealth tactics to latch on to their victim, and wait in the long grass and bracken for passing mammals. The body heat attracts them, and they...
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