The speculation is over. The SNP has gained a historic third Holyrood victory, Labour’s Scottish branch has reached a new low by finishing in third place behind the Tories and the LibDems could only manage a feeble fifth behind the Greens. Nicola Sturgeon plans to put “party differences aside and work together and place people’s…
Today hailed the first weekly Holyrood gathering of 2016 as our MSPs and party leaders clarified their outlook for the forthcoming election year in Scotland. The debate started off as usual with ‘thoughts for reflection’ and upon reflection, and after hearing the debate, it seems clear this year will see continued blind attacks on the policy…
What on earth does it take for disgraced MP Alistair Carmichael to do the right thing and resign? For someone who is allegedly committed to the service of the people he claims to represent, he has done a damn good job of ignoring their wishes. If he is to hang on to his seat against…
Scotland, the tolerant nation, now becoming increasingly intolerant; well of lying scheming politicians, in this case Alistair Carmichael, the ex Scottish Secretary who now takes full responsibility for the memo leak. You all remember that memo, the one where Nicola and the French ambassador Sylvie Bermann were supposed to have some conversation where Nicola said…
Former Election Agent to incumbent Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, John Thurso, has this week been welcomed to the Scottish National Party by parliamentary candidate Dr Paul Monaghan. Well known Caithness man, Paul Thatcher, has joined the SNP. He has decided that the SNP is the only party capable of delivering the fairer…
ALMOST FIFTY PER CENT of Scottish voters are in favour of scrapping the UK’s nuclear weapons according to a recent poll by the Glasgow Herald. And in North constituency, Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross, a recent telephone survey conducted exclusively for Independence Live expressed the opinion that nearly sixty-five per cent of constituents want rid of…
FIGURES JUST RELEASED by election prediction specialists Electoral Calculus have made clear that it is highly likely that ALL THREE Highland Lib Dem seats in Westminster are to be swallowed by the SNP in May. Results make it clear that Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey), Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) and John…
MOMENTS after the SNP announced Councillor Drew Hendry as their General Election candidate for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave an interview to local newspaper, The Inverness Courier, announcing a £300 million ‘city deal’ to save his Liberal Democrat colleague from wipe-out. Lib Dem and Chief Secretary to the Treasury…
The SNP last night announced that their members have selected Dr Paul Monaghan to fight the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat in this year’s General Election. The North seat has been “neglected” for many years by incumbent Liberal Democrat MP John Thurso says Monaghan – dubbed a “first class SNP candidate” by Highland Council member…