One in eight Scots awaiting hospital treatment as NHS ‘under pressure’ – STV News
/in Health Matters, NHS Scotland, Scottish Government, SNP, STV News /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 01/6/22: “Ian Blackford is in Cuba for a holiday. However, if he wanted to see a nation with crumbling infrastructure and an inflated public sector ruled by a single party with disastrously socialistic policies led by a long-serving leader who has mismanaged the economy, he could have stayed in Scotland.”
/in David Bone, Dennis Grattan, Ian Blackford, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 24/05/22: “We’re missing the point on Nicola Sturgeon’s retraction from her “Closing the attainment gap” aim. She has realised that being poorly educated and thoughtless is a major attribute to fortifying the numbers of her followers. So perhaps her next promise will be to close all private schools, so increasing the chances to achieve a zero attainment gap at a mediocre level, providing more fodder for the Indyref2 machine”
/in Indyref 2, Letters, Richard Allison, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_adminAfter Scottish Water pumps raw sewage into rivers 10,000 times in a year, SNP hands out fat-cat bonuses – Edinburgh Evening News
/in Edinburgh Evening News, Environment Matters, Scotland Under the SNP, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminNicola Sturgeon meets with Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill in Edinburgh – STV News
/in Local elections 2022, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish Government, SNP, STV News /by sm_adminThe little engine that couldn’t – Stephen Daisley
/in Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Government, Scottish Labour, SNP /by sm_adminThere is now no date for closing Scotland’s attainment gap, says Education Secretary – iNews
/in Education Matters, inews, Scottish Government, Shirley-Anne Somerville, SNP /by sm_adminWhat Scotland can learn from Irish independence: it won’t control interest rates and inequality will widen – The Conversation
/in Economic Matters, Nicola Sturgeon, Pensions, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, United Kingdom /by sm_adminLetters 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.”
/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_adminScotland Matters is registered with the UK Electoral Commission as a non-party campaigner. Our objective and activities are to:
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