Archive for November, 2009

Can’t do right for doing wrong

Who would be a politician? A couple of weeks ago John Swinney was being portrayed as the axe-man of the East as he single-handedly hobbled poor old Glasgow’s chances of hosting a successful Commonwealth Games by scrapping the airport rail link.


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  • 30/11/09 at 11.28am
  • By Keith

Scotland’s water watchdog gives cautious welcome to WICS’ charging plans

Waterwatch Scotland (WWS), the independent consumer watchdog for the country’s water industry, has broadly welcomed the Water Industry Commission for Scotland’s announcement that water prices in Scotland are to be kept below the level of inflation until 2015. WWS, however, sounded a note of caution warning that any price freeze should not result in poorer customer service or hamper much-needed infrastructure investment.


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  • 26/11/09 at 2.31pm
  • By Andrew

The Rough and Tumble

Yesterday was the day that the leaders of the EU came together to make one of the most historic decisions of the Community. It was a decision they all knew they would need to make and one that would be subject to intense behind the scenes manoeuvring and today we have the first President of the EU. So how did the leaders get on with choosing the most senior figure in the power structure of a political union of nearly 500 million citizens?


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  • 20/11/09 at 3.56pm
  • By Niamh

Cupar folk urged to share views on flooding

Waterwatch Scotland, the national complaints handling authority for all domestic and non-domestic water customers and customer representative body for the water industry in Scotland is looking for Cupar residents’ views on flooding at their next public meeting in the town on Wednesday.


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  • 19/11/09 at 2.35pm
  • By Andrew

The politicians we deserve?

The Glasgow North East seat may be next door to the Glasgow East seat, which Alex Salmond with typical bombast proclaimed to be the site of a political earthquake, but there the similarities end…


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  • 13/11/09 at 6.20pm
  • By Keith

Can a day make a difference?

It’s a busy old day in Glasgow north east today. There’s a plethora of candidates from the BNP and the Jury party to the Conservatives and Solidarity. Everyone recognises that the constituency is in need of a helping hand, though the prescriptions differ.


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  • 12/11/09 at 4.08pm
  • By Niamh

Eyemouth folk urged to share views on Scottish Water

Waterwatch Scotland, the national complaints handling authority for all domestic and non-domestic water customers and customer representative body for the water industry in Scotland, is actively seeking feedback on a wide range of issues, including the service customers receive from Scottish Water.


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  • 12/11/09 at 2.38pm
  • By Andrew

Healthy Recognition

You might have thought you were in some sort of parallel universe. There was the Deputy First Minister, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Nicola Sturgeon praising the Daily Record newspaper…


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  • 12/11/09 at 11.51am
  • By John

Lossiemouth and Rothes folk urged to share

Waterwatch Scotland, the national complaints handling authority for all domestic and non-domestic water customers and customer representative body for the water industry in Scotland, also actively promotes water efficiency and would welcome views of Lossiemouth and Rothes residents at its public meetings today.


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  • 10/11/09 at 2.42pm
  • By Andrew

Seeking the ‘new normality’

Quite an interesting exchange between the committee and the OFT witnesses who were giving evidence; or at least it might have been…


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  • 4/11/09 at 6.18pm
  • By Keith