Martin Docherty for West Dunbartonshire is feeling determined. Martin told his supporters: “My aim has always been to be the most accessible MP West Dunbartonshire’s ever had. By running at least eight surgeries each month I’ve met countless constituents who’ve been hit hard by Westminster austerity over the years. Helping constituents is the most rewarding part of being an MP
Month: December 2019
THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019
The collection of Greta Thunberg’s speeches, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, is an unflinching plea to each one of us to face up to our fears. “Your silence is almost worst of all,” she says, and I am floored. Small enough for the Christmas stocking.
LIBERALS ATTACK SNP RECORD OF GOVERNMENT
This Christmas, the SNP deserve a lump of coal for the way they’ve mishandled these services. Our teachers, nurses and police officers are working hard day in day out but they don’t get the support they deserve from an SNP government which has independence on the brain.
DOWN MEMORY LANE
The runner was ragged, and appeared to be headed for Stranorlar. As he navigated the rough terrain north of Binbane hill, he ignored the urgent questions asked of him by the turf cutters and sheep herders whose paths he crossed. They thought, perhaps, he was chasing a wild dog. Some simply assumed he was “a maniac”.
BLOW TO SNP HOPES FOR FRESH REFERENDUM
Support for independence is waning in Scotland and swinging behind the Union despite the’s election push, an exclusive poll for The Times newspaper has revealed.