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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Warickshire Fire
Posted in Competence, Corporate Responsibility, Devolved Issues, Discrimination, Immigration, Migrant Workers, Political Culture, Politics in Scotland, Politics in Westminster, Reserved Issues, tagged complex, Discrimination, emotive, employment, legislation, migration, Telegraph, tragedy on November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was really sad to read about this tragedy and I will be horrified if there is evidence that migrant workers have also lost their lives as suggested in today’s Telegraph. I assume that it will be some time before all the facts are known. Migration is such a complicated issue and it seems even [...]
£40m for Farmers
Posted in Competence, Devolved Issues, Politics in Scotland, Scottish Finance, tagged accountability, Audit Scotland, concerns, confusion, Europeon Commission, Executive, fairly, farmers, Freedom of Information, National Farmers Union, Parliament, resources, Scottish, taxpayers on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The headline story in today’s Sunday Herald is a sad reflection of what is wrong not just in Scotland but with politics in general. MSPs are elected to represent all constituents and that is definitely a challenge when considering the wide range of views and sheer numbers involved. I agree that farmers and the National [...]
Hello World!
Posted in Competence, Corporate Responsibility, Devolved Issues, Independence for Scotland, Political Culture, Politics in Scotland, Politics in Westminster, Reserved Issues, Scottish Finance, tagged Competence, corporate, culture, devolved, finance, indepedence, Politics, reserved, responsibility, Scotland, Westminster on November 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I have decided to share my opinions on the world of politics both at Westminster and at the Scottish Parliament. This is my first post so I thought that I would begin by stating my general view that things could be better. I appreciate the hard job that Members of the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Members [...]
