Angry lobby of Glasgow council workers- and supporters from unions across the West of Scotland – Unison, GMB, Unite and EIS plus UCU strikers in support. Socialist Party Scotland Comrades Brian Smith Unison Secretary and Ian Kerr from DPAC gave militant speeches calling for no cuts budgets.
This essential new history of the Irish state is a study of Ireland’s international profile on the world stage, rather than its party politics. Against a global backdrop, it offers a fresh and analytical study of the origins of the Irish state, the Irish revolution and the growth of Irish diplomacy, from just six consulates in the 1920s to over sixty embassies by the 2010s.
Rangers have been fined £15,000 by the Scottish FA for failing to act in an “orderly fashion” in games against Celtic and Hibernian in December.
Jackie Baillie has demanded the two most senior officials at the local NHS Health Board in Glasgow are sacked following a series of hospital scandals. And, doubtless, The MSP wouldn’t mind a bit of Jeane Freeman, the SNP Cabinet Secretary for Health, went with them
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has appeared in court in Glasgow ahead of his trial on charges of sexual assault and attempted rape
We always need to be careful about the motivations of making law as a result of one case, but the Derek Mackay pictured above, controversy throws light on an important weakness in our parliamentary procedures. He has resigned as a Government minister, pocketed £12,000 ministerial severance payment paid by taxpayers, and is failing in the job he was elected to do – to represent his constituents. If he is not charged by the authorities, there is no current mechanism to get rid of him as a MSP until the next Scottish Parliament election, with him being paid £63,579 per annum in the meantime.
