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Caron's Musings (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
I can only give you a quick taster of what happened at yesterday's Lib Dem Voice organised Lib Dem Bloggers' Unconference as I have to vacate the laptop as my long suffering husband wishes to harvest his crops on Facebook's Farm Town. The sooner we have more than one thing in this house that connects to the internet the better. His desktop monitor has gone and while I think his time might be better...
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Cllr Fraser Macpherson (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Good for Tavish Scott in highlighting at last week's First Minister's questions the burgeoning cost of Scotland’s public bodies to the taxpayer, with the disclosure that at least 1 798 employees in the sector earn more than £100 000 a year. Six public sector executive board members are paid more than Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister (£197 000) or Alex Salmond, First Minister (£145...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Mr Scott hit the nail on the head with a withering attack on the salaries being paid in Scotland's public sector writes Alan Cochrane.
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SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Thursday High Noon and as usual Iain Gray was the first to step up to the plate at First Minister's Questions. This week he was concerned with the report that Scotland would have a deeper recession that the remainder of the UK and tried desperately to pin the blame on the First Minister. The FM, after graciously welcoming Willie Bain to the gallery, swept the allegations aside with the counterclaim...
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Caron's Musings (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I can barely contain my excitement at the prospect of the inaugural Liberal Democrat Voice Bloggers' Unconference (a bit Winnie the Pooh, but so what) in Edinburth this Saturday. Every so often an event comes along that is an I'll-do-it-if-it-kills-me must and this is it. It also marks the first time in a long time I will have attempted to be out for a whole day. It may yet end in tears, but I am not...
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Advanced Media Watch (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Mr. Mxyzptlk (Pictured above) Oh hang on a sec, he's over there as well, how the hell did he do that? Anyway Mr Mxyztlk (aka Niko) posted a hilarious comment on my Negative Iain Gray is at it again article today. Now I thought some of the stuff Tavish Scott came out with was funny but compared to what Niko has just written on my blog, well Tavsih is a complete balls up on the old comedy front. Mr....
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SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
According to Strathclyde University's Fraser of Allander Institute, Scotland's recovery from the recession will be much slower than the rest of the UK, as the economy is hit by particularly hard by serious cuts to public spending. The think tanks blames the deeper recession in Scotland mainly on a bigger drop in the output of its financial sector. It is also though that the Scottish economy may confound...
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Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
So, finally the Labour Government have gained a seat in a parliamentary by-election in this Parliamentary term. Labour have finally turned the corner in campaigning terms in Scotland in my opinion. Watching them in three consecutive by-elections in just over 12 months has been really interesting. In Glasgow East Labour ran not only the wrong campaign, they took so long getting their campaign into gear...
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The Steamie (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Another day in the by-election campaign and more doom and gloom statistics for the good people of Glasgow North East to contend with. We should be helping people not drowning them in statistics about unemployment and benefits. I want to put my 20+ years experience as a social worker and manager to good use. Tavish Scott and I have met people from all across the constituency, employed,
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The Steamie (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Yesterday I was joined by Nick Clegg and Tavish Scott on the campaign trail. We were campaigning at the ASDA in Robroyston where we heard how local people are suffering as a result of Labour’s recession.It is this issue that has dominated this by-election and it is the concern that people have raised with me most often on the doorsteps.People in Glasgow North East are looking for something
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SNP Tactical Voting (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
There is a new poll out from TNS-BMRB (formerly TNS System 3) in The Herald today. With a meaty sample of 983, the Holyrood voting intentions are: Constituency SNP - 40% Labour - 32% Regional SNP - 37% Labour - 29% A rock solid lead for the Nationalists and they look set to take a commanding lead in the 2011 election on this evidence. However, it is a remarkably different picture for the Westminster...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Alistair Darling and Alan Johnson will join Labour's candidate, Willie Bain, in the Glasgow North East constituency today, following Gordon Brown's visit on Friday Two leading Labour cabinet ministers will visit Glasgow today to help increase votes as the campaigning in the byelection in the city enters its last days. Alistair Darling, the chancellor, and Alan Johnson, the home secretary, will join...
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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...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Good afternoon. Welcome to scotsman.com's live webchat with Tavish Scott, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
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SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
More or less a financial FMQs today with Iain Gray berating the First Minister for not attending a meeting of the Financial Services Advisory Board since February. Mr Salmond insisted he was in regular touch with the Board and appeared to shrug off the criticism. Surely it would have been better (for the labour candidate in the forthcoming Glasgow NE by-election) if Iain Gray had questioned the FM...
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