MSP Matheson offered £12k severance package after iPad row
Michael Matheson, former Scottish Health Secretary and current MSP for Falkirk West, is eligible for a severance fee of £12,712 following his iPad fee scandal and subsequent resignation. Matheson resigned…
Arms companies supplying IDF invited to Holyrood reception
Arms companies supplying Israel with bombs and military equipment have been invited to the Scottish Parliament by ADS Group, who represent the arms sector in the UK. The Israeli military…
Inheriting a dying independence movement
Nicola Sturgeon is one of the most effective communicators of modern political discourse. Seen ever so clearly during the pandemic when her clear and concise Covid briefings contrasted markedly from…
Why are MSPs afraid to comment on some reserved matters but not others?
As a humanitarian, I find myself frustrated by some Scottish politicians’ craven propensity to utilise the parameters of devolution as a pretext to avoid supporting the campaigns of various nonprofit…
Lecturers demonstrate as MSPs pass climate bill
University lecturers were among climate change protestors outside the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday as MSPs passed the Climate Change Bill. Protestors read aloud the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s…