Even when events look like they are going only one way, it’s pointless to try to predict when to expect the next big moment in Scottish politics because so often what’s widely anticipated doesn’t quite materialise.
On Monday 29th April, Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian Region, and her dog Alfie competed with other politicians and their canine companions to come second in the coveted ‘Holyrood Dog of the Year’ 2024.
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read the manufactured outrage of both First Minister Humza Yousaf and justice secretary Angela Constance after the UK Government announced that legislation to clear all Post Office managers accused of fraud would not apply in Scotland.
In parliament debates and council meetings we hear a lot about “joined-up thinking” and “collaborative approaches” and of course plans are always “holistic” and “follow extensive consultation with stakeholders”.
On Monday 29th April, Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian Region, and her dog Alfie will compete with other politicians and their canine companions to win the coveted title of ‘Holyrood Dog of the Year’ 2024.
If anyone wants to know why Humza Yousaf’s Hate Crime Act has been an unmitigated disaster, they should speak to the women who attended the Let Women Speak event, pictured, at The Mound last weekend.
Crisis? What crisis? Older readers may remember how the words attributed to Prime Minister Jim Callaghan dogged him as the British economy crashed in the late 70s, and this week SNP health minister Neil Gray, pictured, followed his footsteps.
Not for the first time, something very strange has been going on in the City of Edinburgh Council’s education department, but this time the implications go well beyond the city boundaries.
Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP for the Lothian region Sue Webber has highlighted the ‘deeply disappointing’ lack of funding provided to NHS Lothian for essential infrastructure.
Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre, which has been at the heart of the community since it was founded in 1995, was delighted to be awarded £150,000 by The National Lottery Community Fund in Scotland.
