She once styled herself as Scotland’s Chief Mammy, and with more front than Portobello there she was on Wednesday telling us all in the Scottish Parliament how to behave.
It is a sign of where Scotland under the SNP has reached when a report this month that only 1051 people had died from drug abuse in 2022 was seen as a positive.
I don’t know if Edinburgh Council’s senior officers inadvertently gave the game away about short-term lets in a committee report this week, but the cat is out the bag that they expect their new rules will slash the sector by four-fifths.
Like many women in her late 70s my aunt enjoyed a busy and energetic life, a real stoic who would never let a few aches and pains stop her living life to the full.
There is no disagreement that Edinburgh is suffering from a severe shortage of accommodation of all types, from one-bedroom apartments for social rent to spacious family homes.
A year ago City of Edinburgh Council published a waiting list of 87 pedestrian crossing schemes “under development”, each one representing a safety concern.
Edinburgh council leaders have grown fond of patting themselves on the back for their efforts to tackle the housing crisis and while it is true there are grand plans for Granton, demand for all types of homes still far outstrips supply.
Credit where it’s due; three years ago, when the first wave of Covid abated, the SNP Government launched the NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service to encourage people to seek advice about minor illnesses and common conditions from their local chemist.
First Minister Humza Yousaf must wake up each morning wondering which timebomb his predecessor left is going to go off, and I don’t just mean the information the SNP’s new auditors say is missing from the party’s accounts.
