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

Mega fish farm application for Shuna: Are we seeing a covert ‘pre-planning’ process?

First there was the shock of hearing Argyll and Bute Council’s planning committee announce its universal consent Continue reading

McGrigor hits out at SNP government over RET removal

Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands Conservative MSP, yesterday afternoon [29th April] gave 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

Behind the lines: SNP Constituency Association Convenor resigns, Russell isolated

What is happening behind the lines in the embattled SNP group at Argyll and Bute Council seems to be akin Continue reading

SNP Councillor resigns from council group and from the party

In the light of the situation within the SNP group at Argyll and Bute Council that we have just described, Continue reading

SNP Argyll and Bute Constituency Association pass motion on elderly care

At its meeting on 14th April, the SNP’s Argyll and Bute Constituency Association agreed the following motion, Continue reading

The return of the undead

This is a week where the dead and the undead are colonising the headlines. Continue reading

MSP v Council Leader now ‘last man standing’ face-off with SNP and Argyll the losers

The administration at Argyll and Bute Council is currently caught in a ‘last man standing’ face-off Continue reading

MSP writes to Chancellor in plea to drop ‘bedroom tax’ from budget

Yesterday, 14th March, a Scottish Multiple Sclerosis sufferer was notified that she will lose part of her benefits Continue reading