Tag: Kenny MacAskill
#SP6 – the Alba Party fields four candidates on the Lothian list –...
The Alba Party has four candidates on the Lothian list, and 32 candidates on the eight regional lists in the Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021.Two of them are a couple of big hitters: Kenny...
Letter from Scotland
At least William Blake’s illustration of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” shows mankind somehow wriggling our way out of the Inferno and eventually reaching Paradise. Right now though I feel we are deep in the inferno....
Kenny MacAskill visits the Hibs’ Training Centre
Kenny MacAskill, former Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish Government, Chair of Hibernian Supporters Ltd and MSP for the Easter Road stadium visited the Hibernian Training Centre on Monday to discuss the relevance ...
Political backing for Hibs’ Board’s share plans
Plans to widen ownership of Hibs have received the backing of some of Scotland’s leading politicians.Details of the Board’s plans will be included in the papers being sent to the 1700 shareholders in the second...
Letter from Scotland
So, Scotland’s railways are to be run by a state-owned company after all. But the state concerned is not Scottish or even British, but Dutch. The awarding of the ScotRail franchise to Abellio, a...
Lord Pentland appointed Chair to the Scottish Law Commission.
Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill has announced the appointment of Lord Pentland (Paul Cullen) as the new Chair to the Scottish Law Commission.The appointment will be for five years and runs from 1...
Taoist Tai Chi Centre opening 19 April
The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Great Britain has told The Edinburgh Reporter that it is delighted to announce the Grand Opening of the new Taoist Tai Chi Centre in Edinburgh, close to Meadowbank,...
Newest phase of Made from Crime launched today
LAUNCH OF MAJOR FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN BY POLICE FORCES ACROSS EAST OF SCOTLAND
Criminals across the East of Scotland who fund their lifestyles through crime are being targeted in a major new campaign launching today.
Lothian and...
Post of Chief Constable now advertised
The recruitment process for one of the top policing roles in the UK is now underway.The first Chief Constable of the new Police Service of Scotland will shape and lead the second largest force...
MacAskill urged to introduce A & E Data Sharing
Stewart Maxwell, SNP MSP for the West Scotland, has written to Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill asking him to bring forward plans for the introduction of an innovative system which uses data collected from patients...
Kenny MacAskill MSP writes
We have just heard from Kenny MacAskill MSP.
"As the newly elected MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, I would like to thank all of those who supported me and the SNP last week. Representing the...