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This is a year of reckoning

13 January 2012
This is a year of reckoning

This is a year of reckoning

13 January 2012

I’VE got a lot of hopes in the year 2012 for Caithness and Scotland...


We’re paying for bankers’ folly... but there is good news

30 December 2011
We’re paying for bankers’ folly... but there is good news

We’re paying for bankers’ folly... but there is good news

30 December 2011

WHAT a momentous year it has been. Looking back on 2011 we can see that the bank crash of 2008 has ballooned into years of money problems across the globe. The…


Government’s pension cash grab is totally wrong

02 December 2011
Government’s pension cash grab is totally wrong

Government’s pension cash grab is totally wrong

02 December 2011

The SNP believes it is totally wrong to increase public-sector workers’ contributions to their pension schemes at this time and in this way.


A new prescription is needed for Dunbar

18 November 2011
A new prescription is needed for Dunbar

A new prescription is needed for Dunbar

18 November 2011

I WANT to share with you, readers, my misgivings about the west Caithness health services review conducted by the North Highland Community Health Partnership. I…


Rail travel disruptions at the front of my mind

04 November 2011
Rail travel disruptions at the front of my mind

Rail travel disruptions at the front of my mind

04 November 2011

Rob's weekly glance at life in Holyrood and at home...


Another nail in the coffin of good relations

21 October 2011
Another nail in the coffin of good relations

Another nail in the coffin of good relations

21 October 2011

THIS week, the SNP gathered in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, for its first annual conference since the famous victory in May which gave the party the…


Maritime safety is about saving lives... not money

07 October 2011
Maritime safety is about saving lives... not money

Maritime safety is about saving lives... not money

07 October 2011

THE recent visit to Caithness from the Chief Secretary to the London Treasury, Danny Alexander, was empty of any content whatsoever...


Westminster needs to adopt the ‘Plan MacB’ approach

23 September 2011
Westminster needs to adopt the ‘Plan MacB’ approach

Westminster needs to adopt the ‘Plan MacB’ approach

23 September 2011

SINCE the historic election results of May the SNP’s poll ratings along with those for independence have increased and ratings are significantly positive…


I had to laugh at ‘pub talk’ claim

09 September 2011
I had to laugh at ‘pub talk’ claim

I had to laugh at ‘pub talk’ claim

09 September 2011

EACH week I am meeting local business people and community activists who share with me and my party a positive vision for Caithness and north Sutherland…


County’s protected wetlands are well ahead of the rest

26 August 2011
County’s protected wetlands are well ahead of the rest

County’s protected wetlands are well ahead of the rest

26 August 2011

I’VE been visiting many parts of the constituency in the weeks of recess leading to our Holyrood restart in early September...


We need investment in rail as well as road

12 August 2011
We need investment in rail as well as road

We need investment in rail as well as road

12 August 2011

SUMMER patching on our roads has produced the usual rash of 20 mph signs and chippings hitting our cars on many stretches.


Norway will emerge from this dark time

29 July 2011
Norway will emerge from this dark time

Norway will emerge from this dark time

29 July 2011

THERE’S only one place to start this week and that is with the despicable senseless massacre in Norway. It goes without saying our thoughts and sympathies…


Murdoch’s press led the charge to new lows

15 July 2011
Murdoch’s press led the charge to new lows

Murdoch’s press led the charge to new lows

15 July 2011

AS many parents whose children attend small primary schools may know, the SNP Government has recently established a commission on rural education on Scotland.…


Talk of a steam roller in the Scottish Parliament

03 June 2011
Talk of a steam roller in the Scottish Parliament

Talk of a steam roller in the Scottish Parliament

03 June 2011

THIS week in Parliament we have followed up the Scottish Government ministerial appointments with electing our presiding officer and her deputies. Now…


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