“The SNP has been spending over £100 million a year since 2013 mitigating to protect people from the worst aspects of Tory welfare cuts.”
Maree Todd MSP: Sensing a ‘change in the islands’
Letters: “Clear on Nuclear”
“Vote for Jo the woman you know is happy to blow us all to kingdom come.”
The STV Leaders’ Debate
“Scotland has been pursuing a different political course. That is now in starker relief than ever.”
Letters: “The democratic deficit”
“Let’s take a step back and escape from the election hullabaloo for a minute and look at what unites us all when it comes to voting.”
Letters: “MP? NO THANX!”
“It’s obscene that our councils are looking to make cuts to services, while our MP can (or will) do nothing about it”
“‘safe’ seats leaving voters demoralised and ignored time and again” according to latest research
“Being trapped with the same representation for decades is not the hallmark of a responsive and functioning democracy.”
Letters: “The last time the Liberals were in government on their own was in 1910”
To send in your letters email: fiona@theorkneynews.scot
Letters: “British in the same way that Scandinavians are Scandinavian”
“It’s easy to forget that Scandinavia was once unified in much the same way as the UK.”
North Queensferry, Fife, 26/11/19
“Because it isn’t about bridges, or the NHS, or the SNP. It’s not even about about Yes or No. It’s “who shall speak for Scotland”?
Coilla Drake, Labour GE Candidate on Compensating WASPI Women
“We did not deserve to be punished in this way, women put so much into society in so many unseen and often unappreciated ways”
