“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”
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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”
An Election for Christmas
Orcadian John Mowat shares his views on the upcoming General Election
Robert Leslie SNP GE Candidate On Environmental Concerns At Lyness
SNP candidate for Orkney and Shetland Robert Leslie has condemned the refusal of the Ministry of Defence to pay for the clean-up of an oil spill
Maree Todd: “False Claims From The Liberal Democrats”
“The Lib Dems would rather Scotland exit the EU under a Tory hard-Brexit than give the people of Scotland the right to decide their own future.”
Millions Still Not Registered to Vote
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