By Bill Heaney Those found guilty of violent sexual crimes such as rape against a child should receive custodial sentences as the default position regardless
Month: April 2023
JUSTICE: ‘Scandalous’ absence levels among those carrying out community sentences
By Bill Heaney The “scandalous” scale of absenteeism by offenders due to carry out community payback orders is laid bare today in figures obtained by
‘Shocking’ level of asbestos in Scotland’s schools exposed
By Lucy Ashton The “shocking” level of asbestos within Scotland’s schools can be exposed today by the Scottish Conservatives. Responses to Freedom of Information Requests
BOOK REVIEWS: Mussolini in Myth and Memory and Pope at War
HISTORICAL REVISIONISM The Fashion for Fascism William Wall Mussolini in Myth and Memory: The First Totalitarian Dictator, by Paul Corner, Oxford University Press, 179 pp,
LOADSAMONEY: Call for MSP pay to be DOUBLED
Former Conservative spin doctor believes that increasing the number of MSPs and doubling their salary would attract more quality members By Lucy Ashton The MSPs
TRAFFIC: Car crash near Loch Lomond beauty spot holds up Easter traffic
Car crash near Falls of Falloch beauty spot holds up Easter traffic on A82 Fire crews and police were called to the scene on the