By Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire and Argyll will be open for business from Monday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced within the last hour. The whole
Month: April 2021
BRIAN WILSON’S COLUMN: THE POLITICS OF FLAGS
The late John Hume, Nobel laureate, with his wife, Pat, and President Bill Clinton crossing the Peace Bridge in Derry and with Helen and Bernie
HISTORY: Sir Tom Devine to provide lowdown on The Clearances, in u3a lecture
Glen Fruin, where the crofters were amongst the first people affected by The Clearances. By Rory Murphy We have always believed at The Democrat that
Scottish Liberal Democrats reveal 605 people sent to prison instead of drug treatment
Barlinnie Prison where 605 people were sent instead of receiving drug treatment. By Rory Murphy Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie today said the next
Marks and Spencer to up welfare checks on migrant farm workers after rights fears
At least one major supermarket has pledged to interview migrant agricultural workers on a Scottish fruit farm following claims of unfair working practices by people coming
ELECTION: STURGEON SAYS SHE WILL CREATE HER OWN UNION WITHIN SCOTLAND
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted the SNP’s election manifesto is designed to ‘unite Scotland’. By Lucy Ashton First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has insisted the SNP’s election