This year the people of Scotland will be asked to make significant decisions about the future of our country.
SCOTLAND is a caring and compassionate country and I’m sure few people have been able to look at the heartbreaking images of refugees without feeling emotional. It’s devastating to see men, women and children trekking across Europe with their whole world on their backs.
IT was around a fortnight ago now that Iain Duncan Smith was rumbled for releasing a benefits leaflet containing faking quotes from fictitious, stock photo JSA claimants about how wonderful and effective the system of benefit sanctions is.
As MSPs prepare for our first week back at Holyrood after summer recess, entering the final year of this parliament and as selection contests take place across the country, I find myself thinking about what makes a good politician.
I’VE made no secret of my disgust with the rhetoric adopted by certain UK parties and media outlets when discussing migrants and refugees.
AS a Member of the Scottish Parliament and a Minister in the Scottish Government, I prefer in these columns to focus on what the SNP government at Holyrood has been doing.
ON Thursday last week I was lucky enough to be invited to the newly renovated Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering office building in Govan for a celebration of the history of shipbuilding on the Clyde, co-hosted by the Fairfield Heritage Centre and the Royal Navy.
I KNOW the important work of the Anthony Nolan trust as I have been on their register for stem cell donors for over a decade.
YESTERDAY marked the final day of Diabetes Awareness Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness of the support available to people with diabetes, their friends and their families.
Three of the four nominees for the prestigious 2014 Turner Prize have studied at Glasgow School of Art or are based in Glasgow, an impressive record for our city.
