Parliament returns on Tuesday September 5. It feels like the summer recess has disappeared in the blink of an eye. That’s what happens when you pack…
Author: Graeme
Graeme
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Angus South Constituency. Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans.
Banking Hubs High Street banks have copped a good deal of flak over recent years for their branch closure programmes. And rightly so. The contempt shown…
The advent of the summer parliamentary recess is universally greeted with relief across the Holyrood campus. I doubt there’s an MSP who isn’t delighted to get…
Weeks on from the announcement, I remain baffled by the decision of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to renege on their longstanding commitment to base a…
Setting out case for transformational change. Major structural reforms are required to the current way skills are delivered in Scotland, according to an independent review of…
Kirriemuir has much to recommend it. From the Wee Red Toon’s links to JM Barrie through to the amazing range of activities undertaken by the community…
Fairer system, higher investment in public services Scottish council tax payers are getting the best deal in Britain, paying on average £590 a year less than they…
Unelected Peer: Time to “Reverse” Devolution Unelected Tory peer and former senior minister, Lord David Frost, has given the Tory game away. In a Telegraph column,…
If life in general can throw up the unexpected then it can be so much more the case in political life. The decision of Nicola Sturgeon…
Calling Out Misogyny I admit it, I’m a bit of a dinosaur. I don’t have Tik Tok. And whilst I do technically have an MSP Twitter…