Information commissioner rules that unsolicited calls featuring a recorded message from Coronation Street actor Liz Dawn breached privacy regulation Labour breached privacy regulations by making unsolicited automated phone calls featuring a recorded message from Coronation Street actor Liz Dawn to almost half a million people, the information commissioner ruled today. The calls, featuring a recorded...
For those of you who haven't heard, the unionist parties in the Scottish government are accusing Alex Salmond and his deputy Nicola Sturgeon of breaking the Parliament's Code of Conduct by claiming they used Holyrood for party fundraising purposes. Both Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon auctioned prizes of lunches to be hosted by them in the members' restaurant of the Scottish Parliament. Labour have jumped...
According to the SNP's official Facebook and Twitter page (who says Nats aren't down with the kids'), Labour has been found "guilty of breaching privacy rules by making unsolicited automated phone calls". There is precious little detail of what and where the story relates to but I do know there has been such phone calls made in the Edinburgh area so could well be close to home. I wonder how...
Going by the last set of polls, if the election was held today, Labour in Scotland would gain 3 seats, an increase of 7.7% while in England and Wales Labour would lose 108 seats, a decrease of 35%. It is a remarkable juxtaposition for a party that is already losing its way. Many conclusions can be drawn from this. Scots really, really dislike Tories, Tony Blair was more right of centre than Brown,...
Some important news from Wales which you almost certainly won't have seen on our glorious British 'national' news. This evening, the Senedd passed a motion which triggers the process for a referendum to be held on transferring legislative powers to the institution from Westminster. The motion, which required the support of at least 40 AMs, succeeded in garnering the support of 53 in the end, with no...
The lunch**** scandal (expletive deleted out of respect to those who find the g*** suffix offensive) has of course lent itself to all kinds of puns and gags. The opposition have made a meal of things, have over-egged the pudding by tabling questions, no such thing as a free lunch etc, but after Wendy Alexander et al revenge is perhaps a dish best served cold - nothing like rubbing salt in the wound....
MP calls for 'vigorous debate' on Hall A local MP has called for a "vigorous debate" to be held before any decisions are made about the future of Perth city hall. Perth and North Perthshire MP Pete Wishart is urging members of the public to make their feelings known on the issue before Perth and Kinross council make their final decision. Mr Wishart hopes questionnaires, surveys and exhibitions...
Per the BBC : About 1,500 teacher training places are to be cut next year, according to the Scottish Funding Council. Its figures show that the number of trainees will fall by 40% compared to 2009/10. The Scottish government said it had reduced the student intake to deal with teacher unemployment, and to create jobs for those already qualified. On the face of it, it makes sense to cut training positions...
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond yesterday welcomed the decision of French energy engineering and construction company Technip to locate its North Sea offshore renewables head offi
So it costs £9,000 for a supper with Alex Salmond at Holyrood? You can get one at Alex's local chip shop, Cabrelli's in Linlithgow, for less than a fiver.
None. Next question. My honest glibness to one side, I am looking forward to the event with the above title that is taking place this evening. It is being held near Westminster with blogging luminaries such as Mick Fealty , Guido Fawkes , Johnathon Isaby and Sunny Hundal taking part. Lib Dem superstar-in-the-making Mark Reckons will also be there. Despite the army of online talent pleading the case...
Today's Herald made for good reading for the Labour party in Scotland and probably gave Alex Salmond another bout of indigestion in the wake of "piegate". I'm still wondering, with the experience the Tories had of trying to auction meals to grease wheels at Westminster, why the SNP would bother trying the same fund-raising stunt at Holyrood. Anyway, that's beside the point. The poll figures....
Remember the viral YouTube video of Gordon Brown that did the rounds where he was portrayed as Hitler in the bunker during the Nazis final last days? It was an amusing, satirical take on the Prime Minister's supposed control freakery and inability to see beyond what he wanted to see. It did the rounds and is probably one of the most well-known videos of its kind in recent years. Well, Arbroath Councillor...
Following news that the SNP had auctioned a lunch with Alex Salmond at Holyrood at a cost of £9,000 and one with his deputy, Nicola Sturgeon, for £2,000 as a means of fundraising, it has now emerged that the pair have previously held six such lunches, leading to allegations that the ...
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