Letter from Edinburgh 27.02.09
Parliament did not debate last week because of the Scottish school holidays. We have Up-Helly-A’ so Shetland has a different pattern to school holidays. So…
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Letter from Edinburgh 13.02.09
Ministerial reshuffles are great fun. Especially when no one knows they’re coming. This week Alex Salmond sacked three ministers while saying, of course, they hadn’t…
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In one of my columns late last year, I predicted that Tuesday would not just be the day of Lerwick’s Up-Helly-A’, it would also be…
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What would you presume when someone declares a problem to be “resolved”? Maybe sorted? Fixed? Over? Or dealt with? All of the above I would…
READ FULL STORYLetter from Edinburgh 19.12.08
I HATE to say this … but there will be an election. I think it will be on 26th February or, as we would say…
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THE PARLIAMENTARY shop was in full sales mode this week. A Christmas shopping night was held on Wednesday night, complete with mulled wine and mince…
READ FULL STORYLetter from Edinburgh 21.11.08
IT’S BEEN a somewhat terrifying week. A while back the BBC phoned up and asked me to join the BBC Question Time programme chaired by…
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THE year I was elected to Shetland Islands Council, South Africans queued around the clock, for hours and hours, to vote for Nelson Mandela. In…
READ FULL STORYLetter from Edinburgh 24.10.08
I’M writing this from Bressay, and having checked online the business numbers today it’s petrol that once again seems top of the inbox. Crude oil…
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THIS WEEK students lobbied Parliament. Nothing new in that you may argue. Students have long marched on the political capitals of the world on issues…
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I AM sitting in Southampton airport waiting for a Flybe plane back to Edinburgh as I write this. I’ve been at the Liberal Democrats’ annual…
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JIM Leask retired from security work at Sumburgh last weekend. He was one of the cheerful gang of people who have to look serious when…
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CYCLIST Chris Hoy is the hero of the hour. The country’s triple Olympic champion is encouraging young and old to get on their bikes and…
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IT IS exam results week. I appreciate the angst and dread as Tuesday approached with the arrival of the postie. A big hand by the…
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