Listening to last night’s, Question Time on BBC, I was interested to hear the discussion about free speech and the invitation the Oxford Union recently made to two speakers to discuss racial hatred and the holocaust. The panel were asked to consider whether the invitation was a triumph for free speech or an irresponsible act [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Poor Wendy!
Posted in Competence, Corporate Responsibility, Political Culture, Political Parties, Politics in Scotland, Politics in Westminster, tagged Competence, doations, facts, mistakes on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What is going on with Scottish Labour? Things just seem to get worse and worse. It is bad enough that an unlawful donation was accepted in the first place but why did someone not check the facts about the donations before now? I would have thought that the publicity surrounding Harriet Harman and co ought [...]
Immigration
Posted in Devolved Issues, Discrimination, Immigration, Migrant Workers, Political Culture, Politics in Scotland, Politics in Westminster, Reserved Issues, Security Services, Terror Threat, tagged Africa, desperate, drivers, illegal, immigrants, irrational, lorry, Paris, risks, Sky, Villiers-le-Bel, violence on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sky News reports that “Lorry drivers are suffering an increase in violence from illegal immigrants striving to enter the UK.” I think this problem is only going to get worse as people who are desperate take more and more risks and become increasingly aggressive. Africa There have also been reports of thousands of African immigrants [...]
Government Competence – Scotland
Posted in Competence, Corporate Responsibility, Devolved Issues, Discrimination, Independence for Scotland, Political Culture, Political Parties, Politics in Scotland, Politics in Westminster, Reserved Issues, tagged administration, Competence, difficult, First Minister, independence, problems, questions, Salmond, Scotland, settlement, Wendy Alexander on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
First Minister’s Questions Alex Salmond has changed the nature of First Minister’s Questions and it seems that he is thoroughly enjoying his new role. I am concerned that he only appears to have two types of reply for opposition colleagues. Firstly, he states that lack of his government’s progress is because of poor management by [...]
Government Competence – Westminster
Posted in Competence, Corporate Responsibility, Devolved Issues, Discrimination, Political Culture, Political Parties, Politics in Scotland, Politics in Westminster, Reserved Issues, tagged accountability, Brown, Competence, compliant, confidence, Darling, data, defence, donations, economy, excellence, government, HMRC, insult, protection, responsibility, Smith, unity on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Events from the past week or so have been distressing and have truly tested the competence of the government at Westminster. Alistair Darling, Jackie Smith and Gordon Brown are all looking a bit worse for wear. The floods, foot and mouth disease and the terror attacks during the summer are obvious examples of events that [...]
Avoidable Tragedy
Posted in Competence, Corporate Responsibility, Discrimination, Political Culture, Politics in Westminster, Reserved Issues, Security Services, Terror Threat, tagged appreciate, blunders, commitment, courage, equipment, patriotic, servicemen, unselfish, welfare on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“More than one in three servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan might still be alive if not for avoidable blunders and equipment problems, an investigation by The Independent on Sunday has revealed.” I feel so sorry every time I hear about the death of one of our soldiers but I truly despair when I hear [...]
Immigration Security
Posted in Competence, Corporate Responsibility, Immigration, Politics in Westminster, Reserved Issues, Terror Threat, tagged Home Office, illegal, immigrants on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“The Home Office has admitted illegal immigrants have been mistakenly cleared for jobs as security staff.” What kind of ridiculous games are they playing?
Mental Health Agenda
Posted in Competence, Corporate Responsibility, Devolved Issues, Discrimination, Political Culture, Politics in Scotland, tagged care, champions, change, health, inclusion, mental, opportunity, Scotland, treatment on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was pleased to read the guidance document “With Inclusion in Mind: The local authority’s role in promoting wellbeing and social development: Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Sections 25-31″ that was published by the Scottish Government on the 9th November. I believe the guidance will be a useful resource for Local Authorities [...]
Cameron – “something to do with drainage”!
Posted in Political Culture, Politics in Scotland, Politics in Westminster on November 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have been smiling all morning listening to David Cameron tell Michael Parkinson about his meeting with Kate Moss. He tells the story very well and it is very funny.It has made me think though about how isolating the world of politics can be. People hear words coming out the mouths of politicians, they think [...]
