DURING the Easter recess, I’ve travelled the length and breadth of my constituency.
CONGRATULATIONS to Humza Yousaf on the first anniversary of his election as First Minister of Scotland...
I WENT to prison this week. Well, to clarify, I visited HMP Inverness to talk to prisoners about democracy, politics and Scotland. It’s the first time I’ve been in since 2018, when I visited the prison on two occasions at the invitation of the governor. It was
“WHAT’S the greatest lesson a woman should learn? That since day one, she’s already had everything she needs within herself. It’s the world that convinced her she did not,” said Canadian poet Rupi Kaur.
A SMALL sum of money, spent well, nearly always makes a bigger difference than a big sum of money spent badly. There is plenty of evidence for this. At a time of financial constraints, it is imperative that the Government and public-sector organisations take note of such examples and do everything in their power to preserve that funding.
THE land reform debate is centuries old and often highly emotive, but it is one that many communities across Scotland and particularly the Highlands still bear witness to.
THE Federation of Small Businesses published a league table of the most entrepreneurial towns in Scotland a few years ago. Two Highland towns, Ullapool and Newtonmore, topped the list.
INDEPENDENCE is all about the future. Of course we hark to the past and we can debate what might be different in the present..
WE are inching closer to the end of the year, and what a year it has been. For supporters of independence, 2023 has certainly been tumultuous. But for all the twists and turns, polling for independence has remained rock solid.
THIS weekend, Scottish Government officials and ministers will likely be hunkered down in St Andrew’s House thrashing out the Budget. That’s what used to happen when I was finance secretary.
