Primary school class sizes and the art of the possible
Education Secretary, Michael Russell, has seen a very clever move under-interpreted – to say the least – by his political opponents.He announced this week that the Scottish Government will make it a...
View ArticleIs English court ruling on unlawful reduction of adult social care a marker...
On 11th November 2011, a day for responsible caring, a judge in the English courts ruled unlawful the plan by the council for the Isle of Wight to cut its adult social care budget.Mrs Justice Lang...
View ArticleOf course Jenkins wants to move the independence debate from the ‘hows’ to...
This suggests that the ‘hows’ are all sorted so we’re free to move on to the fantasy fun bit.The reality is that virtually none of the ‘hows’ of independence have been resolved at all – and, as they...
View ArticleSweden’s Arise windpower to develop major wind farm for Argyll Estates
Sweden’s Arise Windpower AB has announced that it has signed an exclusivity agreement with Argyll Estates with the right to develop plans for a wind farm with up to 35 turbines and to apply for the...
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Secrets revealed: heavy score for East Dunbartonshire school campaigners
Known to Argyll and to the Argyll Rural Schools Network from a later stage of the last Schools War, is Niall Campbell, who fought a virtually single handed campaign to support his Parent Council...
View ArticleUnplanned overdrafts possible as Council debits council tax today
[Updated below 14.15] We have had reports that Argyll and Bute Council has debited Council tax today – Thursday 28th April 2013 – rather than on 1st April.One resident discovered this purely by...
View ArticlePrivatisation: Scottish Government binned its own ferry company in favour of...
The political opportunism of the Scottish Government’s sudden championing of nationalisation is best shown by examining its own practice.Under persistent questioning in a recent interview with Bernard...
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