Walsh to lead all but Lib Dems, Conservatives and George Freeman

And that’s the story.

The only detail missing from the headline is that George Freeman’s Continue reading

Patron of Northern Lighthouse Board incredulous at Tiree Array proposal

[Update note below 14 May] The patron of the Northern Lighthouse Board has made clear Continue reading

Islay Array offshore wind farm put back to Q4 2014

Funny this. Somehow Scottish and Southern Energy Renewables [SSER] slipped out in March – and all but invisibly, Continue reading

Scottish Government’s misleading claim on youth unemployment fall in Argyll and Bute

The Scottish Government has just issued the following press release, claiming that youth unemployment is falling Continue reading

Scottish Government response to failure of Orkney ferry service exposes key issue

With the Northern Isles ferry service from the Caithness mainland at Scrabster to Stromness Continue reading

Highlands and Islands MSP says Scottish Government had hoped to bury RET report

Describing the Scottish Governments removal of RET as ‘a tax on Island communities’, Continue reading

Scottish Government stripped of mask of competence in report on impact of removing RET from commercial vehicles

The ‘emerging’ findings of the consultants report on the ‘Impact of the Removal of Road Equivalent Tariff [RET] Continue reading

An independent Scotland and the pound

[Updated below] This is one of the crunch issues in the will-we-won’t-we debate on the independence referendum. Continue reading

£13.3 million cost of independence referendum

The Scottish Parliament has received an Impact Assessment on the Independence Referendum Continue reading

SNP boxed in corner over Northern and Western Isles independence move

The emerging exploration of independence from the UK and Scotland by Continue reading