Stuart McMillan MSP tables motion to Scottish Parliament on PS Maid of the...
Updated below] Scotland West MSP, Stuart McMillan has today lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament celebrating the 60th birthday of the grand old lady of Loch Lomond, the Clyde-built paddle...
View ArticleEnvironment Minister condemns UK Borders Agency cruise liner checks
Warnings from the cruise industry of the chaos being caused by the UK Border Agency’s new procedures – which have been ignored to date – are being reinforced by the Scottish Government in a letter to...
View ArticleRobert Trythall: Aarhus Convention developments
The latest development with the EU Court of Justice acceptance of a legal challenge issued by EPAW [European Platform Against Windfarms], indicates that the implications of the Aarhus Convention to...
View ArticleBaillie accuses Scottish Government of hypocrisy on pay day loans carrot
First Minister Alex Salmond promised yesterday [4th August] in a media interview that in an independent Scotland, his government would cap interest on pay day loans.Jackie Baillie, Labour’s MSP for...
View ArticleUK Borders Force lets the pro-union side down big time
For Argyll had a press release on Friday from Stuart McMillan, the markedly able SNP MSP for the West of Scotland. It complained of the cancellation at short notice of a scheduled meeting between the...
View ArticleTiree takes its wholly unable power situation straight to government
Argyll’s Atlantic island of Tiree is well used to fending for itself and is markedly robust in its ability to do so – self-reliance being the necessary characteristic of island life.Tiree has never...
View ArticleMeeting on grid connections sees progress on island energy interconnectors
Progress has been made in a key meeting on delivering grid connections to Scotland’s islands.UK Energy Secretary, Ed Davey and Scotland’s Tourism and Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing jointly chaired a...
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