Author: Speymouth
FACT CHECK: Babcock’s CEO’s claim on Scottish independence affecting business
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FACT CHECK: Jack Straw’s claim Scotland ‘takes money’ from English taxpayers
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“I’m afraid I haven’t got a great deal of time for the Scottish National Party … they’re complaining and pigeon themselves against the English and taking more money from English taxpayers than English taxpayers get for themselves … ” – former Labour minister Jack Straw on Sky News, 1 Feb 2022 Source
Right-wing blog’s SNP ‘fact check’ gets fact checked – and the result is embarrassing
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FACT CHECK: Have Tories really delivered best vaccine rollout and economy in G7?
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FACT CHECK: Is Scotland immune from sewage in our waterways?
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Explanation call as Tory MSP Liam Kerr helps party donor’s business
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Source:: The National Explanation call as Tory MSP Liam Kerr helps party donor’s business THE owner of an Aberdeen bar which had its application for a pop-up tent venue controversially fast-tracked after a Tory MSP called for urgent action donated £20,000 to the Conservatives in 2017, the Sunday National can reveal. Read the full article:: The National Explanation call as Tory MSP Liam Kerr helps party donor’s business
'Sense of relief' as NHS takes greater role at Home Farm care home
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Source:: The National ‘Sense of relief’ as NHS takes greater role at Home Farm care home RESIDENTS on Skye are relieved the NHS is playing a greater role in running a care home which has been hit by a deadly coronavirus outbreak, the island’s MP Ian Blackford has said. Read the full article:: The National ‘Sense of relief’ as NHS takes greater role at Home Farm care home
SNP MSP tells lords to 'get a grip' after peer moans about allowance cut
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Source:: The National SNP MSP tells lords to ‘get a grip’ after peer moans about allowance cut AN SNP MSP has told peers to “get a grip” after a House of Lords member complained the daily £162 payment to members is not sufficient. Read the full article:: The National SNP MSP tells lords to ‘get a grip’ after peer moans about allowance cut
Tory MP Jonathan Gullis forced to apologise after media attack
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From No to Yes: With hindsight, I should have seen UK’s belligerence
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Source:: The National From No to Yes: With hindsight, I should have seen UK’s belligerence LIKE many voters, I had a decision to make; a very serious decision. It was September 18, 2014, and as I ambled towards the polling station I still wasn’t certain that my X in the No box was the right thing to do, but regrettably, I did it anyway. Read the full article:: The National From No to Yes: With hindsight, I should have seen UK’s belligerence
SNP MP Steven Bonnar apologises after row with neighbour over Celtic flag
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Coronavirus: Scottish Government to cover bus company losses
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Source:: The National Coronavirus: Scottish Government to cover bus company losses The Scottish Government has pledged to pay bus companies the amount of funding projected in this year’s budget regardless of the number of passengers who use services. Read the full article:: The National Coronavirus: Scottish Government to cover bus company losses
Plan to repopulate Scottish island of Ulva begins with … a herd of cattle
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Source:: Kevin McKenna Plan to repopulate Scottish island of Ulva begins with … a herd of cattle The population is down to six. But the community believes its radical experiment could be the key to the Hebrides’ future At Scotland’s western edge, made jagged by ancient elements, a new model for living is taking shape. Ulva, a small island in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Mull, is beginning to reverse decades of population decline.The island’s current population is six but before another generation has passed it’s expected to grow tenfold. Once, it had a… Read […]
Keeping Scotland the Brand vital for economy, MPs told
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Source:: The National Keeping Scotland the Brand vital for economy, MPs told THE founder of Keep Scotland the Brand told MPs yesterday that Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs) would be crucial for the Scottish economy after Brexit. Read the full article:: The National Keeping Scotland the Brand vital for economy, MPs told
What is the Crown Estate and what does Scotland control?
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Source:: The National What is the Crown Estate and what does Scotland control? THE Crown Estate, as the name suggests, is the land, buildings and the sea bed that are owned by the Queen in her “corporate” role, meaning that while she doesn’t actually own it personally, the reigning monarch of the time does. Read the full article:: The National What is the Crown Estate and what does Scotland control?