Public out for Angus Council secret vote to take Education Secretary to Judicial Review

There is more than one pantomime in town at the moment so max the popcorn and settle down for the ride. Continue reading

Russell letter to council CEO on ‘spying’ activities – call for independent investigation

From: Michael Russell Continue reading

Council now deploys online ‘Spy Accounts’ in covert surveillance of local critics

Today’s edition of The Herald reveals, in a headline article on Page 6 by Stephen Naysmith, that Argyll and Bute Council has an embedded Continue reading

Angus Council just voted 15-14 in favour of secret hearing of proposal to take Education Secretary to Judicial Review

(Result below. Updating as and when below) Hot from the meeting, which is in progress, Angus Council has just voted Continue reading

Russell says council budget shows school closures ‘completely unnecessary’

Michael Russell, Argyll and Bute’s MSP and Education Secretary, has been looking at the draft budget Continue reading

United opposition dissociates itself from Executive response to Commission on Rural Education

The following agreed statement has been issued by opposition councillors on Argyll and Bute Council Continue reading

Angus Council loses the plot: public to be excluded from discussion on taking school closures to Judicial Review

It could be said that losing the plot is in this case at least a change from doing the plotting. Continue reading

Angus Council to meet to decide on legal action against Education Secretary

Angus Council is to meet on Thursday 9th February to decide Continue reading

Muirfield: for the record

While it retrieved some credibility the following day, in its immediate coverage Continue reading

Muirfield: a victory for right

(Updated 1st February) Authoritative sources have told us that the Education Secretary’s judgment Continue reading