Angus Robertson

Tax rise in the right spirit

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008

Angus Robertson, SNP leader at Westminster, describes the 29p duty increase on whisky as a "damaging tax rise" (Burning Issue, 26 November).

As Iraqis rebuild their country, UK must learn crucial lessons

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008

British troops have a constructive role in Basra now, writes ANGUS ROBERTSON. But such a war must not happen again

If Brown Wants to Rule Scotland He Should Go Home and Win an Election

angels in marble (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

The Westminster New Labour regime is on to its third Secretary of State for Scotland since Alex Salmond became Prime Minister of Scotland. Angus Robertson, leader for the Scottish National Party at the Westminster parliament remarked: "Des Browne's departure shows just how much of a dog's dinner Gordon Brown has made of his reshuffle...It would have been far better to admit that the game is up for...

• Des Browne pledges loyalty to Brown after Cabinet exit - The Herald

Your bias is showing

Obnoxio The Clown (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008

Dear old Graun : Angus Robertson, youthful leader of the Scottish National Party at Westminster and the party's chairman, will attend as will Tricia Marwick, who stole the Scottish Parliament seat of Central Fife for the SNP from Labour last year in what many Scots saw as another sure sign of things to come. Actually, you bunch of totalitarian-endorsing fucks, what happened was that Scottish people,...

Glasgow and the Gaza strip

Shuggy's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

We're used to politicians being blamed, or taking credit for, things that are beyond their control but Angus Robertson has taken this pointless ritual to new levels of absurdity : "A furious row has broken out over claims that the Scottish Nationalists compared an impoverished area of Glasgow hosting a crucial by-election to the Gaza Strip. Labour lambasted Angus Robertson, the SNP leader at Westminster,...

An own goal and an open net...

Ewan Watt (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008

I MUST take my hat off to Angus Robertson MP. You would think that when the Union is apparently on the rocks, the government could at least be on the ball? Despite all of their nonsense about "consulting" the British people, it seems like this consultation stopped at Berwick. Minister Liam Byrne has been accused by the SNP of a "glaring gaffe" over his choice of date for a "British day". Mr Byrne was...

Kingmakers and concessions for Scotland

The Herald (Free subscription) | 21/04/2008

Analysis: Could Angus Robertson, the SNP’s Westminster leader, be a kingmaker after the next Westminster election, deciding whether Gordon Brown or David Cameron is installed in Downing Street?

“Tasteless” Citroen ad angers MPs

Auto Trader Blog (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

Politicians are in uproar over Citroen’s advertising campaign for its new C5 – labelling it “tasteless.” Westminster Scottish National Party leader Angus Robertson wants the advert banned – and is supported by a number of senior MPs. Mr Robertson said: “This ad campaign is supposed to be tongue in cheek. However it features Nazi stereotypes and symbolism [...]

Sick of supermarket-sized chain book stores? Around Melbourne many small specialists are thriving

LisNews (Free subscription) | 30/01/2008

"NO ONE running an independent niche bookshop is in it for the money," says The Haunted Bookshop's owner, Drew Sinton . "If you want to earn money as a bookshop owner, you do what Angus and Robertson does, all books for all people." Running a haunted bookshop may be unusual, but the decision to make a career and lifestyle change by running a niche bookshop is far from unique.

Politician to wear Erskine tartan at event

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2007

THE tartan of Scottish veterans charity Erskine will be worn by the SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson at the London Ceremony of Remembrance on Sunday.

Politician to wear Erskine tartan at event

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 05/11/2007

THE tartan of Scottish veterans charity Erskine will be worn by the SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson at the London Ceremony of Remembrance on Sunday.

Understanding Australian bookstore chain's blood-money demands

Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 11/08/2007

Cory Doctorow : Last week, Australia's Sydney Morning Herald published a jaw-dropping exchange of correspondence between Charlie Rimmer, the commercial manager of Angus & Robertson, Australia's largest bookstore chain, and Michael Rakusin, from Tower Books, a mid-sized Australian press. The substance of the exchange was this: Angus and Robertson has decided to demand that publishers pay them thousands...