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Letters to the press, 20/05/22: When former principal teacher of social subjects Jenny Gilruth became transport minister in January she said it was an opportunity to “help Scotland become a world leader in achieving our goal to become net-zero by 2045″. I’m not sure if she was meaning carbon emissions or ScotRail journeys.”

20 May 2022/in Allan Sutherland, Daily Record, Dennis Grattan, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman, William Ballantine /by sm_admin

Ferguson Marine ferry scandal shows why Scotland needs to beware the dead hand of economic populism – The Scotsman

19 May 2022/in Economic Matters, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 17/05/22: “The Scottish Government urgently needs to change its direction. The fact is that the political parties supporting the Union received far more votes than the independence supporting ones in the recent election. This was true also in 2014, with a huge turnout and in reality, this has not changed ever since”

17 May 2022/in Daily Record, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Jane Lax, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Local elections 2022, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

Rubbish Party slams SNP’s record on tackling littering ‘blight’ which makes Scotland look ‘backward’ – Daily Express

15 May 2022/in Environment Matters, Scottish Government, The Scotsman, The West Coast Matters /by sm_admin

Meet the Scots playing a key role in London’s revolutionary new Elizabeth line underground railway – The Scotsman

15 May 2022/in The Scotsman, United Kingdom, Unity Matters /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 13/05/22: SNP Westminster leader is an ‘English’ rose. Nicola would be better going on a ferry than going to the US. 800 extra GPs…in five years.

13 May 2022/in Daily Record, David Bone, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Letters, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 10/05/22: “Nicola Sturgeon urged voters to “Send Boris a message” and opinion polls forecast a 44% vote share. In fact, the SNP got 34%. Only 641,000 – one in seven – of Scotland’s 4.3m voters voted SNP. Scotland’s “message to Boris” is: Scexit has been eclipsed by Covid, economic crisis and war, and dogged by SNP incompetence, scandals and cover-ups. It is running out of steam and into the buffers of voter anger and apathy”

10 May 2022/in Allan Sutherland, Covid-19, Daily Record, Dennis Grattan, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Letters, Local elections 2022, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

Less than a third want independence referendum next year, poll suggests – The Scotsman

8 May 2022/in Indyref 2, Scottish Independence, SNP, Some Good News, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

Scotland’s Census 2022: Even King Herod could run a census. Why can’t the SNP? – The Scotsman

7 May 2022/in Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish Government, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

SNP minister linked to ferries fiasco refuses to answer questions from media – The Scotsman

29 April 2022/in Scottish Government, The Scotsman, Transport Matters /by sm_admin