Election analysis insights

As the dust settles on the main body of the local authority election in Argyll and Bute – Continue reading

Argyll Rural Schools Network puts all candidates to the test on rural schools

In an open invitation to consider fully the heavyweight Argyll issue of the role of rural schools, Continue reading

No remission of anger at meeting with Rural Education Commission

On a truly awful night of driving rain, the meeting of the Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education Continue reading

ARSN submission to Rural Education Commission

Kilmory 5 Jan 2011

The Argyll Rural Schools Network (ARSN) has made its submission to the Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education, Continue reading

Spygate: Who was ‘John McKinnon’? Was Russell a victim of dirty tricks by a council false persona?

(Updated below) Just over a year ago, in very early January 2011, the incendiary schools closure issue 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

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