Radically new council group changes all the dynamics: party politics dead in...
[00.06 23rd May] The following email was circulated today and passed to us. We had it for hours, did not believe it to be possible – but when we routinely checked it out, we had its veracity...
View ArticleSNP Group Leader wanted to take them straight into opposition
It transpires that Derek Mackay, Minister for Local Government in the SNP Scottish Government advised that the SNP group of councillors – elected to lead in the political management of Argyll and Bute...
View ArticleFudge rules: no change – yet – at Argyll and Bute Council
This morning’s performance at Argyll and Bute Council’s August meeting was symptomatic of the irresponsibility that has characterised much of local government here since May 2012 and well before...
View ArticleSuccess and failure: the history of recent national party interventions in...
In the wake of the departure of the SNP from leading coalition and then minority administrations at Argyll and Bute Council, a reader has asked whether any other political party has interfered...
View ArticleArgyll and Bute Council seriously misleads Holyrood Education Committee
And they’ve done it in writing.On 3rd December 2013, Argyll and Bute Council made a written submission of evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee, which is considering...
View ArticleScottish severance negotiations: location, batting order, public information
If Scotland votes for independence on Thursday, it is is obvious that with eighteen months to Independence Day on 24th March 2016, the accelerator pedal will be flat to the board in severance...
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