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

Muirfield: for the record

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

Council safety assurances also victim of Arbroath Westway crash

westway crash © Arbroath Herald

You are looking at what was a bus shelter. It was – and what was left of it still is – on the footpath on the Westway, Continue reading

Extraordinary attack on Education Secretary by Angus Councillor

P Neild Angus Council Neild cartoon

(Updated at foot with additional documentation) Angus Councillor Peter Nield, his council’s representative on the Education Committee at COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) Continue reading

More fun with ‘coincidences’ in Angus Council’s ‘survey’ on proposed new school

‘As long as you call it Nield Primary, Councillor Nield has worked hard to get us this new school.’ Continue reading

Arbroath school review’s Westway proposal: cost, safety, capacity, amenity

As an example for all those in Argyll and the rest of Scotland who are increasingly concerned at the competence and integrity with which local authorities have been conducting ‘school estate reviews’ – aka school closure programmes – it is worth looking at the thinking that has not been done over Angus Council’s current proposal [...]