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Daily roundup: SNP, 19 April
Welcoming the support of the Scottish Sun for the re-election of the SNP Government, Alex Salmond, First Minister and SNP leader, said: "It's fantastic news – Scotland's biggest daily paper is backing...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Liberal Democrats, 19 April
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott addressed the Scottish Police Federation’s annual conference, explaining why Liberal Democrats were the only party committed to keeping policing local....
View ArticleIndependent campaign diary: saving parks, avoiding guard pigeons
The Caledonian Mercury has invited some of those in the election firing-line to send regular bulletins about the personal side of campaigning. Ken O'Neill is standing as an independent candidate in the...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 19 April
Greens responded to today's Scottish Police Federation event with a pledge to oppose SNP, Labour and Tory plans for a single national police force. The party believes the costs would be too high as...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Conservatives, 19 April
Addressing the Scottish Police Federation in Aviemore this morning, Annabel Goldie, Scottish Conservative Leader, said: “I am proud of my role in giving you 1,000 extra colleagues, out on our streets,...
View ArticleIt’s the summer of TweedLove as mountainbiking hits the Borders
When thinking about mountainbiking or off-road biking, many people look north into the Highlands. Some of the guidebooks for bikers concentrate on areas such as Glen Ample and the Strathyre forest...
View ArticleThe SNP and the Greens should start to build bridges, not burn them
Coming back from a few days doing media business in Barcelona to election-fever Glasgow sets up some interesting resonances in the mind. In some ways, the Catalan capital feels like Scotland about,...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Greens, 20 April
Yesterday's announcement that the SNP have signed a contract for the additional Forth Road Bridge with FCBC was denounced as an election gimmick by the Scottish Greens, and the party pledged to put...
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Daily roundup: SNP, 20 April
The SNP decried Labour and Tory promises to freeze the Council Tax as a sham, which would leave Scots voters facing big tax increases, after an independent report showed the parties have failed to...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Labour, 20 April
Scottish Labour demanded that the SNP comes clean on the Local Income Tax cover-up as a media report revealed that the bill to the tax-payer is now running at over £85,000. The SNP government is taking...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Liberal Democrats, 20 April
Commenting as it’s reported that 78% of delegates at the Scottish Police Federation Annual Conference vote to oppose the creation of a single national police force, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader...
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Daily roundup: Scottish Conservatives, 20 April
Glasgow University’s Centre for Public Policy for Regions has produced an analysis of political party manifestos for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The report states that "Much of the current...
View ArticleSwaziland: the Facebook revolution that wasn’t … for now, at least
By Andrew Macdonell in South Africa With the world’s attention focused on the uprisings across the Gulf and North Africa, another pro-democracy movement has been gathering pace, far away in southern...
View ArticleVideo: Edinburgh software firm KAL wins prestigious Queen’s Award
The automatic teller machine (ATM) was invented around 45 years ago. Today, the “hole in the wall” can be found in virtually every country in the world. The ATM has also become increasingly...
View ArticleReview: The Okavango Macbeth at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh
By John Knox Baboons, the survival of the fittest, music to make your heart weep and philosophy. This is Alexander McCall Smith’s latest production, The Okavango Macbeth, an opera set in Africa and...
View ArticleSNP edges ever closer to a thumping victory, according to latest poll
Momentum is everything in politics, and right now it’s with the SNP. Today’s Ipsos MORI poll for the Times gives the SNP a mighty lead over Labour, the sort of lead that could bring Alex Salmond...
View ArticleHope for Halbeath as Shepherd Offshore aims to revamp Fife site
Scottish Enterprise has long been in favour of “clusters”. The idea is simple enough: bring together enough firms from the same sector or related industries and they’ll soon start to encourage and...
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Daily election roundup, 21 April
Scottish Liberal Democrats Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Tavish Scott launched the party's Sports Action Plan after joining Spartans FC for a youth training session in Edinburgh. At the...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: curses and knockers, cups and cops
By Stewart Weir Saturday Semi-final weekend in the respective premier knockout cup competitions either side of the border, with one tie holding a slight advantage when it came to national interest....
View ArticleLib Dem campaign diary: ferries, fuel prices and a closed hospice
The Caledonian Mercury has invited some of those in the election firing-line to send regular bulletins about the personal side of campaigning. Alison Hay is the Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for...
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