Tag: George Osborne
Letter from Scotland
I’m told that Scotland’s rabbit population is in sharp decline due to a devastating new virus. The James Hutton Institute reckons we are down to our last million. But on Wednesday the Chancellor George...
Letter from Scotland
According to the Gospels, it was St Andrew who suggested Jesus might like to feed five thousand people with a wee boy’s lunch of five loaves and two small fishes. Earlier in the week we...
Letter from Scotland
We are now well into the Christmas spending spree. It seems to be the only thing which is driving the economy at the moment. The ghastly American tradition of “Black Friday” has come to...
Scottish Independence Referendum – What’s the chat this week?
A resumé of remarks and comments and pointers to articles about the Scottish Independence Referendum.People living in Scotland are invited to vote in the referendum on independence from the United Kingdom on 18 September 2014....
UK Budget 23 March 2011
Families in Edinburgh will be worse off because of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget while the banks get a tax cut this year, Labour MP for Edinburgh South, Ian Murray, said today.Ian said:“George...
