Editorial: The Old Rock 20.05.11
When Tavish Scott and Alistair Carmichael reported the council to Audit Scotland almost two years ago, after the then chief executive David Clark deleted the
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Editorial: The Old Rock 29.04.11
On Thursday those of us eligible to vote who have not done so by post will be confronted with ballot papers for the constituency and
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 22.04.11
It was heartening that councillors on the planning board this week approved plans by a man who was born and brought up in Walls before
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 15.04.11
In September last year, when Shetland Charitable Trust voted to seek the opinion of senior legal counsel on whether it needed to reform to comply
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 08.04.2011
The Scottish Parliament is very limited in its powers. Whether that is a good or a bad thing is of course at the heart of
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 01.04.2011
Alistair Carmichael and his government continue to peddle the myth that when they came to power last May they had no choice other than rapidly
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 25.03.11
The irony of his decision to pay for the reduction in fuel duty by increasing tax on the oil industry will not have been lost
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 18.03.11
“Scarcely had they ceased to lament the loss of their benefactor and set foot in the city, when they perceived that the earth trembled under
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 11.03.11
Apart from cumbersome committee names that owe more to management textbooks than the precepts of plain English, there seems little to object to in chief
READ FULL STORYWe must fight coastguard closure plans
What would happen if the government was to propose a radical reconstruction of the police, fire or ambulance services, closing 50 per cent of UK
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Last year I joined the Maritime and Coastguard Agency as its new chief executive after over 30 years serving in the Royal Navy.
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 25.02.11
From the Human Rights Watch report on torture in Egypt, published last month, the testimony of Nasr al-Sayed Nassan Nasr, who was detained in March
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 18.02.11
In their book The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyoneacademics Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett lay out, with exhaustive reference to statistics from
READ FULL STORYEditorial: The Old Rock 11.02.11
No-one in government, apart from the Tories and a few Liberal Democrats, likes budget cuts.
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