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 [...]
Archive for November 27th, 2007
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 »
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 [...]
