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Daily roundup: Scottish Labour, 7 April
Scottish Labour yesterday challenged the Tories to explain their u-turn on mandatory sentences for knife criminals. Labour also highlighted the Tories record on jobs and warned of the Tories ‘lost...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Conservatives, 7 April
Professor Pete Downes, Principal of Dundee University, has said that higher education will need more money than the next Scottish Government can afford and that a graduate contribution would be a fair...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 7 April
The Scottish Green Party marked World Health Day by setting out a range of measures aimed at ensuring better health for Scotland. At the heart of the Greens' proposals is a firm commitment to the NHS...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Liberal Democrats, 7 April
Commenting on the SNP announcement on its Scottish Futures Fund, Liberal Democrat Campaign Chair George Lyon said: “The SNP totally over inflated the cost of the Forth Road Bridge in the first place...
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Daily roundup: SNP, 7 April
In a major new campaign initiative, First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday launched the Scottish Futures Fund – a £250 million fund, paid for by savings secured by the SNP Government from the Forth...
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Tha mi a’ smaoineachadh nach robh mi ach còig bliadhna a dh‘ aois nuair a bha mi mar-thà seachd searbh sgìth de dhaoine a bhith ag ràdh rium gun robh Albannaich – is Gàidheil gu dearbh – anns an airm...
View ArticleVideo: Interface – showing the value of business–academic links
Interface, the organisation that bridges the gap between business and academia, is extending its reach into Scotland's business community. Founded five years ago, Interface describes itself as “The...
View ArticleElectionspeak: hustings
By Betty Kirkpatrick Nowadays, the word hustings refers to the political activities, meetings, rallies and speeches that take place in the period before an election. In England in the 11th century a...
View ArticleWhy the Department for Work and Pensions is failing the third sector
The Westminster government is expecting the voluntary sector to provide an ever-increasing range of services as part of its Big Society initiative. To stimulate debate in this controversial area, we...
View ArticleShortfalls and sandwich shops – a week on the Scottish election trail
For many, this six-week election campaign is far too long. For Iain Gray, however, the length of the campaign is something of a blessing. In short: it offers the chance of redemption. The Scottish...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Liberal Democrats, 8 April
Danny Alexander joined top Liberal Democrat candidate for Glasgow Katy Gordon at an independent whisky bottlers and suppliers to unveil the party’s export action plan. Mr Alexander also commented on...
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Daily roundup: SNP, 8 April
The SNP yesterday launched the second part of the £250 million Scottish Futures Fund with a £50 million investment in improving scotland's digital connections. The fund will support five futures...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Labour, 8 April
Labour has today condemned an SNP candidate who falsely claimed the backing of one of Strathclyde's most senior serving police officers in one of his election leaflets. It is against the law for a...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 8 April
The Scottish Greens set out the detail of the party's proposals to replace both Council Tax and Uniform Business Rates with a Land Value Tax from 2012 at an event at the Renfrew Ferry. At the rates...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Conservatives, 8 April
Annabel Goldie yesterday called for First Minister Alex Salmond to apologise to the people of Scotland for attempting to mislead them over the true cost of their proposed Council Tax replacement, the...
View ArticleMeet me tonight in Atlantic City: Boardwalk Empire ends series one
With the billboards, TV ads and assorted hooplah over Sky Atlantic’s blue chip signing in a big-money purchase of HBO’s shows, a backlash was inevitable. One voguish New York website described the show...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: Fir Park fun and fashion tips from Liverpool luvlies
By Stewart Weir Saturday And most definitely a day of winners and losers. India won the cricket world cup, beating Sri Lanka in an excellent final, Sporting "Hee-Hong" ended José Mourinho's nine-year...
View ArticleCreative talent and good taste: it appears that Rumer has it
Adele is taking over the world, Amy Winehouse is taking her twelve steps back to the charts, and Duffy has floundered – but in the meantime the cavalry is coming in the shape of John Prescott’s...
View ArticleO Brothel, Where Art Thou? Scottish prostitution in the 19th century
Come the spring, what more could a television audience ask for than to sit down midweek and ogle the BBC’s new costume drama? The Crimson Petal and the White, adapted from the book by Scottish-based...
View ArticleOpinion: A Copland Road cop-out as the Rangers songs continue
By Stuart Crawford Ho hum. Rangers are in the news again for all the wrong reasons. No, not their recent drubbing by Dundee United, nor the never-ending saga of the buyout by Craig Whyte, but once...
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