As the 2012 local elections draw ever closer and the parties gear up to nominate their candidates, I’ve been mulling over what I want to see from my next council. I haven’t quite persuaded myself to stand for election yet. But I’m definitely going to adopt my own suggestion of meeting my council candidates and [...]
There wasn’t really a quiet summer season this year, was there? What with riots, recalls and recessions, the pace didn’t slow much at all. And now that Parliament is back and the Scottish Government has announced its legislative programme, it’s all just going to ramp up again, without ever having – um, ramped down. All [...]
Independence is a word that is much-discussed in Scotland. But tonight I’ve been thinking about it in quite a different context. The Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has proposed an amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill going through the UK Parliament, requiring that women should be able to get independent advice before having an [...]