Highland Green Party – still very out of touch

July 26, 2010 · Filed Under Politics 

Another idiot press release by the Green Party, showing how out of touch and ridiculous they have become in the Highlands.
There are plenty of real arguments about where the Highland Council may be failing to govern effectively, but proclaiming the refusal to add a special supermarket tax as one of these is just daft.
Perhaps one [...]

Nairn provost sacked for representing Nairn

May 13, 2010 · Filed Under Nairn, Politics 

The Gurn is keeping everyone up to date the all the latest development around Liz MacDonald being sacked as provost.
It seems the key problem is that Liz has campaigned against the closure of Nairn swimming pool – amongst other issues.
Questions:
1. Why is a councillor not allowed to support local causes? More to the point, why [...]

Danny Alexander – Scottish Secretary?

May 12, 2010 · Filed Under Politics 

According to media reports this morning, Danny Alexander is set to become Scottish Secretary under the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government.
Certainly it will be interesting to see if Danny’s new appointment – if confirmed – helps raise the profile for the area, and gives it further attention.
He’s certainly carrying a decent majority of 9,000 with [...]

Danny Alexander brokers Tory-Lib government

May 9, 2010 · Filed Under Politics 

Interesting to see our local MP at the centre of the existing talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, according to the BBC reporting:
Tories and Lib Dems hold more power-sharing talks

The Lib Dem leader has said the Conservatives, as the biggest party, have the right to seek to form a government first.
His negotiating team includes [...]

General Election

April 15, 2010 · Filed Under Politics 

The Gurn notes no one seems to be canvassing Nairn for votes – which is not surprising when you consider few of the political parties have a brain among them. To summarise:
Labour – demands to make it more expensive for companies to employ people, and makes snide comments at anyone who points out it’s a [...]

Wind Farms: the battle Lines are drawn

March 26, 2010 · Filed Under Development, Inverness, Nature, Politics 

The battle lines for the latest wind farms in the Highlands are being drawn, with an application for one south of Inverness recommended for approval, but councillors who object being forbidden to speak out.
We also have a development on Dava Moor still in the planning stages, and the owners of nearby land certainly don’t seem [...]

Time for one community council in Nairn?

March 17, 2010 · Filed Under Nairn, Politics 

The Gurn is pushing harder on the issue of a single Nairn community council, and has launched a new blog to focus on the issue and develop the arguments: Time for a single community council for Nairn!.
Graisg makes an attempt to be fair by providing an “against” argument, but I’m not convinced there is one [...]

Councillors delay Sainsburys – incompetence?

February 27, 2010 · Filed Under Development, Politics 

The Highland Council is reportedly delaying the development of the new Sainsburys, first through not serving legal documents on time, and then trying to decide how to use the £250k regeneration money that comes with the successful application.
More at the P&J: Sainsbury’s payout holds up work
If the Highland Council were a private company, those responsible [...]

Highlands: elitist about Gaelic?

February 22, 2010 · Filed Under Education, Politics 

It’s over a month ago that concerns were raised within the Highland Council about the amount of money being spent on Gaelic.
A big issue seems to be how the Highland Council and Scottish government co-ordinate – according to last years budget report, of the £600+ million spending, £500 million of that was provided by the [...]

The Pylons are coming!

January 6, 2010 · Filed Under Nature, Politics 

So the Scottish government has finally rubber stamped the power line upgrade between Beauly and Denny: Power line upgrade given go-ahead.
Certainly I’ve seen a lot of passionate protesting about the issue, both around Stirling as well as the Highlands, as people become horrified at the idea of taller pylons marching across the Cairngorms.
The problem as [...]

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