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SNP Tactical Voting (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The news that there is strong support for rewiring the existing Forth Road Bridge as opposed to simply building another one is surprising but very welcome. The £2.3bn (and the rest) that has been earmarked for the new bridge should be seen as an excellent opportunity for investment elsewhere. I should say that in the past James has been quick to say that when a rival party does polling they pay...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has said Britain should consider withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.
Tory Politico (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alex Salmond’s SNP have always refused to say how much they think a referendum on Scottish independence would cost, all that changed today. Appearing on STV’s ‘The Politics Show‘ David Kerr, the SNP candidate in the Glasgow North East by-election, said it would be around £9 million: “You’re looking at about £9million. But you know what? [...]
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
First Minister Alex Salmond led the Remembrance Sunday commemorations today as a range of events took place around the country.
icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday
First Minister Alex Salmond led the Remembrance Sunday commemorations as a range of events took place around the country.
SUBROSA (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are two arterial routes to Scotland by rail. If you travel to Scotland from London or the south east of England, the train brings you up the east coast to Edinburgh and for those who wish to travel west, it continues to a final stop at Glasgow. Should you wish to travel from Cornwall, Devon or Somerset to Scotland the route is up the west coast to Glasgow. Now the Westminster government and...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Labour is defending a 10,000-plus majority, but this week's byelection could be critical Labour is hoping to use a positive result in this week's Glasgow North East byelection as the springboard for a national revival of its fortunes, the party's candidate said last night. Willie Bain, an academic standing for Labour after the resignation of House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin last June, said...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has hit out at "secret plans" to axe a vital rail service between Scotland and London.
Scots and Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Work took me to Huntly on Monday, in the aftermath of the floods which saw around 100 people evacuated from their homes. Almost a month's rainfall in 24 hours, allied to ground already saturated from previous rainfall, saw the River Deveron rise dramatically overnight as water ran straight off the hills. As the river rose, the burn which flows through The Meadows estate quickly backed up and burst...
The Jaggy Thistle- Scotland the barbed (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
the ultra-violet light did its work, the creature the world knew as Alex Salmond revealed its true form..."
The Grumpy Spindoctor (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
"Disability firm into liquidation. Glencraft has provided work for many years in Aberdeen. An Aberdeen furniture factory which employs blind and disabled workers is to go into administration, it has been announced. More than 50 "devastated" workers - including 31 with disabilities - are set to lose their job as a result. Glencraft's board said there was no other option, blaming the city...
Independence Cymru (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The candidates who will contest the Glasgow North East by-election are: Charlie Baillie, British National Party Willie Bain, Scottish Labour Party Eileen Baxendale, Scottish Liberal Democrats Mev Brown, Independent Colin Campbell, The Individuals Labour and Tory (TILT) Ruth Davidson, Scottish Conservative and Unionist David Doherty, Scottish Green Party Mikey Hughes David Kerr, Scottish National Party...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Gordon Brown joined the Glasgow North East by-election campaign yesterday and launched a fierce attack on Alex Salmond’s SNP government, claiming that the Nationalists had failed the city.
Stephen's Linlithgow Journal (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
....David Kerr candidate for Glgasow North East, John Mason MP for Glasgow East and Stewart Hosie SNP Tresury Spokesman. Yeah, Tam Smith SNP PPC for Linlithgow and Falkirk East is back at his Rory Bremner act, this time taking on all three without crediting any. Today he is saying : "Scotland's banking workers deserves more than a direct line to the breadline. These reforms must not jeapordise...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
If Alex Salmond is not getting advice on how to repair Scotland's battered economy at meetings of the Financial Services Advisory Board then where is he getting it asks Alan Cochrane.
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