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Letters to the press, 24/05/22: “We’re missing the point on Nicola Sturgeon’s retraction from her “Closing the attainment gap” aim. She has realised that being poorly educated and thoughtless is a major attribute to fortifying the numbers of her followers. So perhaps her next promise will be to close all private schools, so increasing the chances to achieve a zero attainment gap at a mediocre level, providing more fodder for the Indyref2 machine”
/in Indyref 2, Letters, Richard Allison, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_adminThe little engine that couldn’t – Stephen Daisley
/in Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Government, Scottish Labour, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 20/05/22: When former principal teacher of social subjects Jenny Gilruth became transport minister in January she said it was an opportunity to “help Scotland become a world leader in achieving our goal to become net-zero by 2045″. I’m not sure if she was meaning carbon emissions or ScotRail journeys.”
/in Allan Sutherland, Daily Record, Dennis Grattan, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman, William Ballantine /by sm_adminChaos on ScotRail trains as teenage yobs ‘running wild’ leave passengers pleading for action – Daily Express
/in Daily Express, Scotland Under the SNP, Transport Matters /by sm_adminHundreds of ScotRail services to be cut from pre-pandemic timetable – STV news
/in STV News, Transport Matters /by sm_adminTransport workers to protest over government’s COP26 ‘betrayal’ – STV news
/in COP26, Environment Matters, Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Government, STV News, Transport Matters /by sm_adminFury as rail fares in Scotland to go up by 3.8% next month as cost of living crisis bites – Daily Record
/in Daily Record, Scottish Government, Transport Matters, Uncategorised /by sm_adminScotland needs ‘world class railway’ if passengers are to swap cars for trains – Daily Record
/in Daily Record, Transport Matters /by sm_adminScotland Matters is registered with the UK Electoral Commission as a non-party campaigner. Our objective and activities are to:
Promote the benefits of being in the UK.
Highlight the issues of separation.
And communicate this to Scotland’s voters.