August 2022 - Scotland Matters

The SNP’s culture of secrecy is doing lasting damage to trust in politics – Holyrood Magazine

31 August 2022/in Holyrood Magazine, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, Scottish Labour, SNP /by sm_admin

Poorest Scots 15 times more likely to die from drug misuse last year – The Scotsman

31 August 2022/in Drugs, Health Matters, Scotland Under the SNP, Scottish Government, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

Call for education statistics body to cut through ‘spin’ on performance – STV News

31 August 2022/in Education Matters, Scottish Government, Scottish Lib-dems, STV News /by sm_admin

Susan Aitken’s £10m Glasgow gift cards used to buy vodka, cigarettes and even heroin – Daily Express

31 August 2022/in Daily Express, Glasgow Matters, Scotland Under the SNP, SNP /by sm_admin

Edinburgh trams: Inquiry due to cost same amount as Iraq war investigation – The Scotsman

31 August 2022/in Edinburgh Matters, The Scotsman, Transport Matters /by sm_admin

Has Sturgeon EVER looked so out of touch? – Graham Grant

31 August 2022/in Cost of living, Edinburgh Matters, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 30/08/22: “Ms Sturgeon’s own residence at Bute House, now has its rubbish dealt with by a private firm at taxpayers’ expense”

30 August 2022/in Dennis Grattan, Gerald Edwards, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Government /by sm_admin

‘Yer tea’s oot, Nicola’ say Nats who brand Angus Robertson the ‘destroyer’ of the SNP – Daily Express

29 August 2022/in Daily Express, Scotland Matters, Scotland Matters in the media /by sm_admin

Scotland’s public spending deficit hits record of nearly £2,200 a head – The Guardian

27 August 2022/in Economic Matters, GERS, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Guardian, Unity Matters /by sm_admin

How the demented agenda of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP has condemned Scotland to a summer of discontent – Daily Mail

27 August 2022/in Cost of living, Daily Mail, Politics Matters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_admin