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Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
“Gordon Brown is wrong to push ahead with this expensive programme,” said Alistair Carmichael, theLiberal Democrat Shadow Scotland Secretary. Commenting on the SNP’s response to the ‘Scotland Without Nuclear Weapons’ Report, Alistair Carmichael said: “Liberal Democrats oppose the like-for-like replacement of Trident for all of the UK. It is an outdated, Cold War...
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
“We will see is the kind of empty spin that has made the country so sick of this Government,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Scotland Secretary. Commenting ahead of the Queen’s Speech, Alistair Carmichael said: “This amounts to little more than political posturing by Gordon Brown, as we can expect few of the measures to become law [...]
Tocasaid (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
This week saw Edinburgh's much maligned cooncil publish it's Gaelic Language Plan. This has been a rude awakening to those in Dùn Eideann who claim that the city has absolutely no Gaelic history or present. These people include perennial bigots like the Tory Hibee and all round jakie John Gibson who has been peddling his drivel in the much declining local Evening News for longer than i can...
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Scotland risks being one of the worst hit parts of Britain unless real action is taken now,” said Alistair Carmichael , the Liberal Democrat Shadow Scotland Secretary.Today’s unemployment figures show that: The rate of quarterly increase in unemployment in Scotland is twice that of the UK average The rate of year-on-year increase in Scotland is outstripping that [...]
Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The Scottish Liberal Democrats candidate for the Glasgow North East by-election candidate, Eileen Baxendale has had a busy week with visits in Glasgow North East with Leader Tavish Scott, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael and yesterday former UK Leader, Charles Kennedy MP. Eileen Baxendale hasn't taken a day off since she was selected to fight the seat made vacant over 120...
Steve Beasant Liberal Democrat (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
“It used to be the view of David Cameron and Annabel Goldie that MSPs should not also be MPs. It is for them to explain if they have changed their minds,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Scotland Secretary, Alistair Carmichael. Commenting on recommendation 40 in the Kelly Report, which states that ‘the practice of permitting a [...]
Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
According to the Times some senior members of my own party view me as being in a minority of 'referendum rebels'. They are saying in the press that to change the party stance on a Referendum for Independence is a 'betrayal of those who voted for the party in the 2007 Scottish election'. Interesting choice of words ahead of events in Dunfermline later. Strange that on the day that we are discussing...
Caron's Musings (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
You may remember that when the banks collapsed, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott c ampaigned against the merger , pointing out that it would cost jobs, be hugely expensive for the taxpayer and restrict consumers' choice in banking. It was good to see Liberal Democrats vote against the Labour Government's plans to rush through the takeover regardless of the Competition Commission's concerns,...
Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
The Scottish Government have dealt a killer blow to Royal Mail by awarding the £8million Procurement Scotland/public sector contract which deals with the mail to NHS Scotland, colleges and most councils in Scotland to TNT from the 1st November. How must Royal Mail staff across Scotland feel now, today on the eve of the big UK wide strike when they find out the SNP controlled Government have stabbed...
Whitehall 1212 (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Over the course of yesterday we were able to contact about 30 out of the 59 Scottish MPs to find out what Sir Thomas Legg had asked of them and to gauge their response. The list is reproduced below but bear in mind this is only about half of the Scottish cohort and that one or two were not willing to discuss details until they had responded to Sir Thomas. Danny Alexander, LD, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch...
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
“It was the Labour Government which put Gary McKinnon in this position,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Scotland Secretary. Commenting on the news that Gary McKinnon has been refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court against extradition to the US, Alistair Carmichael said: “The legal process for Gary McKinnon appears to be approaching the end of [...]
SNP Tactical Voting (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
I had planned on writing a post on the curious question of why the Liberal Democrats always hold the Orkney and Shetland islands so easily and I had also planned on writing a separate post on whichever seat in the UK has been held the longest by any one party. It seems I can kill two birds with one constituency. Yes, Orkney & Shetlands has been held by the Liberals since 1950 which is a UK record....
Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
This morning I was in the hall bright and breezy for the Future of Devolution debate which was moved by Alistair Carmichael MP. When I say bright and breezy not quite early enough to hear Alistair moving the motion, after all it isn't every day one turns forty, but present for the rest of it. It started with Simon Hughes moving an Amendment calling for: "Urgent initiatives to address the democratic...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 13/07/2009
The families of Laura Ling and Euna Lee gathered in Los Angeles over the weekend to await word on whether the two American journalists would be released by the government of North Korea. Published reports Saturday indicated that North Korea was willing to consider releasing the women if the United States displayed remorse for what it said were "hostile acts." The possible breakthrough emerged...
Rainbow Reviews Promo Blog (Free subscription) | 13/07/2009
The following new reviews have been posted today: A Different Kind of Love by Jay Mandal Behaving Badly by G.A. Hauser Bring the Heat by M.L. Rhodes Change of Plans by T.C. Blue Chicken Ranch: Hunger by Amanda Young Come Back to Me by Lisa Marie Davis Doggy Style by Ashley Ladd Don’t Look Back by Josh Lanyon Entertainment for a Master by John Preston Fair Winds by Chrissy Munder Fire Season by...
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