Former Scottish deputy first minister and LibDem grandee Jim Wallace dies aged 71
FORMER deputy first minister of Scotland Jim Wallace has died aged 71
MSPs back greyhound race ban, school restraint limits, and SNP's flagship nature bill
MSPs have backed a ban on greyhound racing in Scotland, supported proposals to minimise the use of restraint and seclusion in Scotland’s schools, and passed the SNP Government’s flagship nature bill
The stand on prostitution taken by Ash Regan is principled and correct
I HAVE read the recent letters submitted to the National opposing Ash Regan’s bill, and there is a veneer of compassion and libertarianism (my body, my choice) through them all. None, however, offer any solutions to those engaged in prostitution apart from throwing lifebelts to those at rock bottom. There are also concerns raised of the stigmatising effects of using the correct word prostitution rather than sex work.
Celtic Constitutional Convention could help take us forward
THE sheer panic on the face of the Welsh Labour First Minister, Eluned Morgan, whilst being interviewed on TV last weekend was first seen five days earlier at a meeting of Renfrewshire Council’s Economy and Regeneration Board, on the faces of Labour councillors haplessly trying to defend Wales getting £547 million in local growth funding from UK Labour whilst Scotland is getting nil.
Israeli military accepts official Gaza death toll of 71,000 people killed – report
THE Israeli military has reportedly accepted the Gaza authorities’ figures for the death toll in the territory.