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Holyrood Matters: Looking back over 2010
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Friday, 31 December 2010. Looking back over 2010. Some extra challenges have been set us. After years of Labour hostility to Scotland experienced by us from Chancellor and then PM Gordon Brown it was followed by the LibDem and Tory Coalition Government elected to Westminster last May which promised to show Scotland respect but also to balance the books. Meanwhile how are we to fill the gap in funding the renewables industry that is straining at the leash when the Fossil Fuel Levy was denied us? 2010 saw ...
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Holyrood Matters: Budget, Scotland Act and Winter Arrives
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Friday, 3 December 2010. Budget, Scotland Act and Winter Arrives. John O'Groat Journal Column 3rd December 2010. Last week a new IPSOS MORI poll gave overwhelming backing to key SNP policies set out in the SNP Government’s budget including freezing the council tax, supporting the NHS, abolishing prescription charges and freezing pay for those earning over £21,000 as the party maintained its polling position from before the 2007 election. Scotland Bill which is set to devolve a few more powers to the Scot...
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Holyrood Matters: November 2010
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Friday, 19 November 2010. Missed Opportunities and Opposition Confusion on Tax. John O'Groat Journal Colum 19 November 2010. The SNP's flagship plan for a minimum price on alcohol was rejected by Labour LibDems and Tories at the Scottish Parliament. Commentators lashed the opposition and one usually hostile critic Angus MacLeod of The Times newspaper said Nicola Sturgeon’s speech was the best he had heard this year in Parliament. Yet the cost of alcohol misuse to Scotland's economy and public services in...
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Holyrood Matters: YEARLY REVIEW 2010
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010. From Rob Gibson SNP MSP highlands and Islands. It came in with a blast of winter and its going out with another whiteout. Our public services and neighbourly behaviour in the North can cope. We'll keep our heads as long as we can keep our feet! At Scottish level the SNP Government received. Deep cuts in funds. Throughout the year the Scottish Government has continued the Council Ta freeze, maintained the small business bonus and scrapped prescription charges to aid families.
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Holyrood Matters: Be part of better... a Basque example
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Friday, 22 October 2010. Be part of better. a Basque example. We should be feeling a bit more pride for our country following the fine medal tally and performance at the Commonwealth Games. Did you see the rapturous passing on of the baton from India to Scotland for the friendly games in Glasgow in 2014? Whilst we look to the North for the coming winter we can look to the South for cuts. As individuals are powerless to stop the onslaught of this winter the Scottish Government is powerless to stop the...
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Holyrood Matters: Tackling soaring fuel prices
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011. Tackling soaring fuel prices. As a Highland MSP I have pledged to bring together Albyn Housing,Scottish and Southern Energy and residents to seek solutions to mountains of debt from electricity bills in so-called affordable homes in Strathpeffer. Following local press coverage lst weekend I visited residents in Ulladale Crescent, Strathpeffer while campaigning in the village. I was shocked to read then hear first hand of the debt mountain the heating systems have led to. Follow ...
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Holyrood Matters: Rob Gibson MSP addressesthe Munduz Mundu festival's supporting a language declaration
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Friday, 22 October 2010. Rob Gibson MSP addressesthe Munduz Mundu festival's supporting a language declaration. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Rob's Newsletters: Highland and Island editions, Spring 2010. Follow this link to read about Rob's work in the HIGHLANDS over the past year. Follow this link to read about Rob's work in the ISLANDS over the past year. Rob Out and About - Slideshow. Watch Rob's debates: www.youtube.com/user/RobGibsonMSP (Please refresh page if other videos appear).
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Holyrood Matters: Severe Weather
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Friday, 17 December 2010. Severe weather, deep snow, ice, disrupted roads, rail cancellations, schools closed, concerns for the old and infirm. In the North and North East of Scotland they happen nearly every year and occasionally more than once a year. Keith Brown MSP for Ochil, whose family have Brora connections, takes over the Transport berth. And another report will be gathered on lessons to learn whilst making doubly sure existing communications between agencies and the public are tip top. I welcom...
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Holyrood Matters: BE PART OF BETTER
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Friday, 29 October 2010. BE PART OF BETTER. All the news from Westminster on forthcoming public service cuts must not be allowed to hide the positive option for Scotland. This was spelt out clearly at the recent SNP Conference in Perth in plain language by the First Minister and party leader Alex Salmond. He said. In addition, the SNP plans to extend the living wage and call for more financial powers to help grow Scotland’s economy. It’s the only alternative to a dismal decade of cuts fro...All the talk ...
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Holyrood Matters: ROB GIBSON LISTENING ON POLICE REFORM
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Thursday, 10 February 2011. ROB GIBSON LISTENING ON POLICE REFORM. I’m sure, readers, that you will be cheered by the latest police statistics. Under this SNP Government recorded crime has fallen to a 32-year low and fire deaths have continued to fall over the long term. Lib Dem politicians seem attached to Northern Constabulary. That’s no protection for a local service or making the police accountable. The key to locally accountable policing needs a whole new approach. Yet LibDems have...Labour’s ...
