The SNP once again naively thinks the EU will be the saviour of Scotland.
£34M whilst welcome, it is a very small amount of money.
Monies have been allocated to Glasgow Works, StARTworks, programmes in Dundee and Renfrewshire and 43 projects in the Highlands and Islands. Which projects in the Highlands & Islands I wonder?
Another Job creation [...]
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SNP Say £34M Ensures Job Safety
More “Hot Air” from the Scottish National Party
Westminster urged to follow SNP climate lead
SNP Westminster Energy spokesperson Mike Weir MP has welcomed a report by the influential House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee which calls on the UK Government to follow the Scottish Government’s lead by cutting emissions of greenhouse gases by 42 per cent by 2020 – the target enshrined in law [...]
Shelter say Scotland stares into housing abyss with fewest number of affordable homes since 1959
Scotland is staring into a housing abyss with fewer social rented homes than it had 50 years ago, according to a stark report published today (Friday) by leading housing and homelessness charity, Shelter Scotland.
The charity’s shocking new report Building Pressure, [1] which lays bare the growing chasm between the number of homes needed and the [...]
Blackout Britain: Threat Of Climate Change
Blackout Britain: Threat Of Climate Change
7:04am UK, Wednesday June 24, 2009
Electricity and water supplies remain “far too vulnerable” to disruption and failure because of gaps in the UK’s infrastructure system, civil engineers have warned.
Efforts have been made to counter terrorism threats, but the effects of climate change are only just being considered, while the prospect [...]
Swine Flu vaccination
Swine flu funding call rejected
The Scottish Government is seeking funding towards the cost of vaccination
Calls for Westminster to foot the bill for vaccinating everyone in Scotland against swine flu have been rejected by the Scottish secretary.
Jim Murphy dismissed the Scottish Government’s plea to be given £100m in contingency funding.
He said the costs should be met [...]
TaxPayers’ Alliance – Calman Commission – Scottish Devolution
Calman Commission
After many months of deliberation, the Calman Commission has this week reported back on the question of Scottish devolution. Last year the TPA produced a report on Scottish funding, financial devolution and the Barnett Formula which we submitted to the Commission. Our report reccomended full fiscal devolution, so that Scotland would gain control of its [...]
Conservatives winning across Scotland
Conservatives winning again and winning across Scotland
Pictured: Struan Stevenson MEP, David Cameron – Conservative Party Leader, Annabel Goldie Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party Leader
Annabel Goldie MSP, Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party Leader, said:
“The European election results show we would win seats like East Renfrewshire; Dumfries & Galloway; Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale; Edinburgh South; [...]
SNP leader Alex Salmond hailed the European election result as “historic”
The SNP has won the largest share of the European election vote in Scotland for the first time, beating Labour into second place.
The SNP took 29.1% of the vote – a 10% increase – ahead of Labour’s 20.8%. The Tories took 16.8% and the Lib Dems 11.5%.
The result means the SNP and Labour have returned [...]
The Brown – Mandelson Double Act Fails to Amuse
It never fails to amaze me, the frequency that Brown and Mandelson make the comment “What the public want is” then make some inane statement to the effect of repairing the faulty system which has been used to line the pockets of many MP’s.
Then going on to say, they have to bring the economy back [...]