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• Sturgeon says opposition will “pay a heavy price” for opposing Scots anti-booze bill

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Rory Reynolds HEALTH secretary Nicola Sturgeon has laid into opposition parties over their decision to block the controversial Alcohol Bill, saying they will “pay a heavy price” for their actions. Speaking on the morning that Labour announced they would prevent the bill from being passed at Holyrood, ...
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• Wait and see, Salmond!

  
  Malcolm Redfellow's Home Service — Authority: 126
  Trust in St Andrew, and keep your powder dry. Assumption 1: The self-basting Salmond is not Malcolm’s desert-island companion of choice. Assumption 2: Devolution (and its inevitable conclusion) is a “good thing” for Scotland, Wales … and a unified, if de-facto federal, island of Ireland. Assumption 3: ...
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• The fat cat pay bill in Scotland

  
  Cllr Fraser Macpherson - LibDem Councillor for Dundee's West End - www.dundeewestend.com — Authority: 431
  Good for Tavish Scott in highlighting at last weeks First Ministers questions the burgeoning cost of Scotland’s public bodies to the taxpayer, with the disclosure that at least 1 798 employees in the sector earn more than £100 000 a year. Six public sector executive board members are paid more than Gordon Brown, ...
  5 days ago

• Group petition for law to stop future Brandon Muir cases

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Cara Sulieman A GROUP set up in memory of Brandon Muir are to have their child protection petition heard before a committee of the Scottish Parliament . Calling on the government to set up a Safe Guardian scheme, they hope that children who are suffering from suspected abuse can stay with a safe family member ...
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• The Forth Road Bridge

  
  DARnet Andy Roberts — Authority: 108
  Forth Road Bridge Scotland Originally uploaded by AndyRob I don’t have anything in particular I wanted to say about the Forth Road Bridge really, just to post this photograph I took from a vantage point on the south bank of the Forth, just outside the town of Queensferry. Anything you wanted to know about ...
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• Holyroods Maintenance Costs Rise by 40%

  
  SUBROSA — Authority: 545
  Some say the Scottish Parliament is a handsome building and others quite the opposite. The building is 5 years old, yet £94,000 has been spent on repairing leaky roofs, £8,000 has gone on rewiring lights in the MSPs accommodation block and £20,000 spent on treating wooden slats. It opened in 2004, 10 times over ...
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• Veteran human rights campaigner calls for same-sex marriage in Scotland

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Oliver Farrimond VETERAN human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on Alex Salmond and the SNP administration to legalise same-sex civil marriage in Scotland. He also condemned the “disproportionate influence” of the Catholic Church on the Scottish Government, saying that church leaders were “out ...
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• Scots Outraged Over Bombers Release

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  EDINBURGH -- Do not believe that Scotland was united behind Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskills decision to grant "compassionate" release to the terminally ill convicted Pan Am 103 bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi in August. When al-Megrahi flew home to a heros welcome in Libya, Member of Scottish Parliament Richard ...
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• Scottish Government spending £8.1 million on 225 lawyers salaries as more Scots miss out on legal representation, access to justice

  
  A Diary of Injustice in Scotland - by Peter Cherbi — Authority: 118
  Scottish Government now have hundreds of lawyers paid for by taxpayers. While thousands of ordinary Scots struggle trying to find or afford legal representation in our own country, documents released under Freedom of Information legislation reveal the Scottish Government has quietly authorised a multi million pound ...
  2 weeks ago

• McGrigor tables Parliamentary Motion on Mid Argyll Swimming Pool

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 489
  Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands MSP this morning (11th November) tabled the following Parliamentary Motion on the Mid Argyll Swimming Pool in Lochgilphead. Apart from the subject matter, it’s interesting to see the way these motions are formally presented. Take a deep breath and dive in.Short Title: Future ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lord Hamilton accused of ‘being deluded’ over McKenzie Friends in Scotland as judges attack on Holyrood petition contradicts courtroom reality

  
  A Diary of Injustice in Scotland - by Peter Cherbi — Authority: 118
  Scotlands Lord President of the courts, Lord Hamilton . SCOTLAND"S CHIEF JUDGE LORD HAMILTON has been accused of "being deluded" over the use of McKenzie Friends in English Courts, and providing “a gravely mistaken account” to the Scottish Parliaments Petitions Committee of the attitudes of Scotlands Courts ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cabinet ministers’ offices flooded after pipes burst

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Rory Reynolds SCOTTISH Parliament staff have been forced to carry out mopping up operations at the troubled Holyrood building yet again – this time after senior ministers’ offices were hit by water leaks. Finance secretary John Swinney and housing minister Alex Neil were worst affected, while Transport ...
  3 weeks ago

• MSPs Remembrance Wreaths - Update

  
  SUBROSA — Authority: 545
  My post yesterday created a good discussion about the decision of the Scottish Parliaments Corporate Body to allow MSPs to claim for Remembrance Day wreaths. The Times is reporting today that SNP MSPs will not claim for wreaths. Im pleased to hear it. Surely they could go one step further and ask for the item ...
  3 weeks ago

• Poppy Wreaths on Expenses? Wrong Decision from the Scottish Parliament

  
  SUBROSA — Authority: 545
  The Scottish Parliaments Corporate Body (SPCB) has decided that where an MSP is representing the Scottish Parliament, payment for a Remembrance Sunday wreath is a legitimate expense and the cost can be claimed through the Members expenses scheme. The SPCB comprises of an MSP from each of the four main Scottish ...
  3 weeks ago

• Scottish politicians told they can claim back Remembrance Day wreaths on expenses

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH politicians will be allowed to claim back the cost of Remembrance Day poppy wreaths on their expenses – despite a ruling banning Westminster MPs from doing the same. The news comes just a week before the traditional services to pay tribute to the country’s fallen heroes. The decision ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mel Gibson believes Braveheart paved way for devolution in Scotland

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, October 31 (ANI): Mel Gibson believes that his 1995 film ‘Braveheart’ led to political upheaval in Scotland, as the country was granted autonomy by the U.K government in 1998.The actor insisted that the mood for devolution in Scotland was set by the historical movie about legendary Scot, William ...
  3 weeks ago

• Spousal (expense) abuse

  
  Malc in the Burgh — Authority: 455
  Just a thought. Remember when the expenses scandal broke? How the Scottish Parliament made itself look morally superior to its Westminster counterpart, emphasising how the expenses system at Holyrood is transparent, open and accountable? BBC News last night featured interviews with a couple of MPs ...
  4 weeks ago

• Heartfelt tribute paid to Queen’s “debonair” former press secretary Michael Shea

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Rory Reynolds THE FORMER presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament Lord Steel paid a touching tribute to the Queen’s former press secretary Michael Shea as he was laid to rest yesterday. Lord Steel, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, described how his life-long friend had touched the lives of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Leading Labour

  
  Malc in the Burgh — Authority: 455
  Like him or loathe him (and I know plenty on the latter side of that) Jim Murphy has done a fairly good decent job as Secretary of State for Scotland - from a political perspective at least. No really. A number of commentators and academics had concerns about the informal nature of intergovernmental ...
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• Expenses secrecy scandal as Scottish Legal Complaints Commission seeks ban on information requests to protect lawyers mental health & safety

  
  A Diary of Injustice in Scotland - by Peter Cherbi — Authority: 118
  Scottish Legal Complaints Commission refuses to disclose members expenses claims . POTENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY PROBLEMS of four lawyers and four ‘lay people’ (two of whom are ex-senior ranked Policemen, one of whom actually served on a Law Society of Scotland Committee) have been raised by the ...
  4 weeks ago

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