Struan and then some: the revelation of planned elderly care provision in...
It has recently become clear that savings made from the closure of Struan Lodge – or from its passing out of council responsibility – will not, as has been claimed during the campaign to save it, be...
View ArticleSNP tightens party grip on local councillors in further chaos
A range of credible sources have it that:SNP party group leader, Councillor Roddy McCuish intends to stand down as party group leader today and will resign from the SNP. This would be a typically...
View ArticleRSPB warns court decision on Scottish Coal administration ‘cannot wipe slate...
RSPB Scotland has condemned a Court of Session ruling which has cleared Scottish Coal and Aardvark of their legal duties to control pollution from opencast mines and restore the land after mining.Since...
View ArticleALIenergy looking for new Project Officer
ALIenergy – the organisation working to improve the efficient use of energy resources in Argyll, Lomond and the Isles – is looking for a new Project Officer.The responsibility of whoever is appointed...
View ArticleRural school closures and the COSLA challenge to the Education Secretary
On Monday this week, 18th November, the Scottish Government announced planned changes to the 2010 Schools [Consultation] [Scotland] Act – which governs the process around local authority plans to close...
View ArticleOil, the North Sea and Scottish independence: The North Sea
This is the third in a series of researched articles on the oil and gas industry, the situation in the North Sea and the relation of this overall picture to a potentially independent Scotland.We are...
View ArticleCouncil chat and a new Head of Economic Development
Kilmory rumours are saying that, after some years of failing to get another top council job in Scotland, Argyll and Bute’s Chief Executive has finally succeeded and is preparing to leave.A warning note...
View ArticleIs council’s proposed internal kangaroo court constitutional?
Argyll and Bute Council’s proposed ‘Internal Standards Committee’ has been causing almost as much mirth as the already notorious Yellow Card proposal for naughty – or desperate – councillors. This has...
View ArticleChildren and Young People Bill a kafkaesque nightmare and an unachievable mess
Tonight, 19th February 2014, the Scottish Parliament passed The Children and Young People [Scotland] Bill. 103 MSPs voted for it and 15 abstained.The major controversial element in this bill,...
View ArticleBEAR Scotland update on A83 road accident on 28th February
BEAR Scotland has given us a timeline on the events around the serious road traffic accident last Friday which saw the A83 closed for around 6 hours at Strone Point, north of Inveraray.BEAR says: ‘The...
View ArticleScotland’s poor roads – is ring fencing on GAE now an issue?
Highlands & Islands Conservative MSP, Jamie McGrigor, has today highlighted constituents’ concerns about the poor condition of many local roads in the Highlands & Islands.The MSP questioned...
View ArticleFinal Land Reform report substantial, challenging, provocative, not final
The Scottish Government’s Land Reform Review Committee has just published its final report.It had issued a shockingly slight interim report just under a year ago in early June 2013, which For Argyll...
View ArticleNO2NP.org campaign strengthens against state guardianship for all children in...
A well organised campaign – NO2NP.org [No to 'Named Persons'] has attracted a wide cross section of parents, professionals and church groups against the Scottish Government’s prescription of a state...
View ArticleThirst for change must be given room to drive the fight to the death for the...
In recent days the major UK political parties have been tripping over themselves to counter-offer on the inducements the SNP have been offering voters from the very start of the indy campaign.Chief...
View ArticleAlcohol & Drugs Partnership latest: was bidder groomed to win contract?
In the first article we published a week ago on Argyll & Bute’s dysfunctional Alcohol & Drugs Partnership [ADP], we drew attention to serious problems with procurement, instancing two recent...
View ArticleWhat do we do with the House of Lords? A secondary mandate?
In a recent article, Time for change with 848 Lords-a-leaping, For Argyll looked at the state of play in the United Kingdom’s second chamber. It is bizarre – a typical British accumulation of fudges...
View ArticleCabinet Secretary responds to McGrigor on Crown Estate change concerns
Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, has told Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands Conservative MSP, that he acknowledges the concerns of marine tourism businesses in the Highlands...
View ArticleCouncil Leader reshuffles the pack
Council Leader Dick Walsh last reshuffled his pack in September 2014. He has now reshuffled it again, triggered in part by the resignation of Councillor Vivien Dance; Councillor Dougie Philand choosing...
View ArticleProfessor James Hunter on land reform in Scotland
On 21st May, Professor James Hunter gave the keynote address to the 2015 Community Land Scotland Conference in Inverness. His address has been circulated for publication and rewards reading.Some...
View ArticleDavid MacBrayne Limited, Marchwood Military Port contract – and consequences
[Updated at foot 1 June 2015] Back on the 3rd March 2015, it was announced by the Ministry of Defence [MoD] that Solent Gateway Ltd was the preferred bidder for the contract to run the 91 hectare...
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