I’VE got a lot of hopes in the year 2012 for Caithness and Scotland...
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…
The SNP believes it is totally wrong to increase public-sector workers’ contributions to their pension schemes at this time and in this way.
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…
Rob's weekly glance at life in Holyrood and at home...
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…
THE recent visit to Caithness from the Chief Secretary to the London Treasury, Danny Alexander, was empty of any content whatsoever...
SINCE the historic election results of May the SNP’s poll ratings along with those for independence have increased and ratings are significantly positive…
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…
I’VE been visiting many parts of the constituency in the weeks of recess leading to our Holyrood restart in early September...
SUMMER patching on our roads has produced the usual rash of 20 mph signs and chippings hitting our cars on many stretches.
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…
AS many parents whose children attend small primary schools may know, the SNP Government has recently established a commission on rural education on Scotland.…
THIS week in Parliament we have followed up the Scottish Government ministerial appointments with electing our presiding officer and her deputies. Now…