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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Time to start educating children about their rights after figures show Police stopped and searched 500 under 10s
Shocking figures show that police in Scotland have stopped and searched 750,000 people in the last year. The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research report also found that 500 children under 10 were stopped and searched in 2010 alone. This has … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Police, Scotland, stop and search
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Rennard: How is the party going to get through this?
I’ve had a post in drafts for the last 3 days about the fallout from Alistair Webster’s statement but my heart has been so heavy that it’s only now I feel able to complete it. I have to thank Lord Carlile … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Rennard
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The three dimensions to Alistair Carmichael’s speech: a positive vision of the UK, incoherent nationalist ideas and future powers
This article first appeared on Liberal Democrat Voice Alistair Carmichael’s keynote speech and subsequent question and answer session in Stirling today touched three different dimensions of the constitutional debate, the last of which should cheer any Liberal Democrat heart. Up … Continue reading
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In Full: Alistair Carmichael’s New Year Speech – A positive vision of UK’s achievements to contrast with the incoherent nationalist position
This is very long, but I thought it was worth posting in full. My analysis is here on Liberal Democrat Voice. You can never really get the full flavour of a 14 page speech into a blog post. It’s not always … Continue reading
Review: Peter Pan, Edinburgh. Or, Allan Stewart makes my life
It’s been our tradition in recent years to go to the Pantomime at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh, which always stars comedians Allan Stewart and Andy Gray and Grant Stott from Radio Forth. Usually I book the tickets at the … Continue reading
Posted in allan stewart, Andy Gray, Family, Grant Stott, pantomime, Personal
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Should MPs be allowed to take their babies into the voting lobby?
There’s been a bit of controversy over the issue of breastfeeding in the House of Commons and taking babies into the voting lobby sparked by comments by Jo Swinson, who gave birth to her son Andrew on 22 December. The … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Jo Swinson, Parliament
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A polite request to all Scottish male politicians and political commentators
Scotland may be involved in a long and often bad-tempered referendum campaign, but there are still some issues that unite people across the political divide. You can guarantee that at least once a fortnight, I’ll complain on Twitter about yet … Continue reading
Posted in gender balance, Independence Referendum, Scotland
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Willie Rennie: "In 20 years, they’ll be glad they had nursery education at an early stage because it might just change their life chances"
There were extraordinary scenes in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon. First of all, the Scottish Liberal Democrats didn’t even vote for their amendment, and nor did anyone else. They didn’t have to, because the Scottish Government had taken a big … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Salmond, childcare, Holyrood, Scotland, Willie Rennie
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Quick review: The 7:39
So, after truly dreadful Festive television (with only a few exceptions like Doctor Who and Death comes to Pemberley), will the new season deliver anything worth watching? Well, this week is replete with decent stuff from several hours in the … Continue reading
Posted in david morrissey, sheridan smith, Television, the 7:39
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Moves to close Edinburgh saunas show illiberal and centralising effect of Scotland’s Police merger
For the New Year, a story which shows the adverse effects of both illiberal and centralising measures. In Edinburgh, for the past 30 years, “saunas” have been licensed with the unspoken knowledge that it was sex, rather than massages, which … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, police scotland, saunas, Scotland, sex workers
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