The new year is starting with a major row between the Scottish Government and Westminster over the funding of a new Forth road bridge. Scottish ministers want the Treasury to bring forward money due to the Holyrood administration over a number of years to pay for the crossing. The bridge comes with a price tag [...]
The Scottish Government has published its Climate Change Bill which, if passed, will introduce to Scotland the most far reaching and ambitious climate change legislation anywhere in the world.
A government spokesman said the measures set out in the Bill will show to the world that Scotland is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle [...]
Maybe I’m a bit naive but, if we are running out of power, we have a major recession looming and loads of people need jobs, wouldn’t it make sense to throw all these components together and get unemployed people to build new power stations throughout the UK?
If it was good enough for the USA after [...]
Good Morning America, and Congratulations – you have chosen Barack Obama to be your 44th President.
In a landslide victory Americans have voted for a black Afro-American to be their Commander-in Chief for the first time, and a huge percentage of the population turned out to ensure the victory. 64% voted, a figure not seen since [...]
From this side of ‘the pond’ the American election campaign has been fascinating to watch.
However, I now find that I am becoming very uncomfortable when I see ‘Old Whistling Teeth’ McCain on tv trying to scare people into voting against Barack Obama. I have been appalled to hear the racist and white supremist comments bandied [...]
The Alaskan legislative report by Stephen Blanchflower has found Sarah Palin broke state ethics law and abused her authority with her connection to the dismissal of a member of staff who would not fire her sister’s ex-husband. It sounds like a script from an episode of ‘Desperate Housewifes’, not a report on the attitude, ethics [...]
“With profound gratitude and great humility I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States” – this is how Barack Obama opened his speech at Invesco Field last night, a speech that was as important to the rest of the world as it is to America.Referring to the USA as a nation at [...]
Call me a cynic, but does it not seem just a little strange that John McCain thinks the best person in the whole of America to be his running mate for the vice presidency of the USA is a middle aged, middle class, white, ‘i’ve got a son with a disability and another in the [...]
In a key speech Bill Clinton, former president of the USA, has pledged his support to Barack Obama, telling the convention audience last night that he now feels Obama is ready and able to do the job. Just as well he has given his vote of confidence, as Obama is on the verge of making [...]
So Hilary Clinton has, at last, declared her intention to be Barack Obama’s new best buddy. In a vital speech at the democratic convention she has asked her supporters to come in to the Obama fold and give their full support to the nominated democratic candidate for the presidency of the USA.
Some reporters have been [...]
