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Leaders: Political expenses ‘errors’ should be things of the past
A SENIOR political figure; allegations of unpaid rent on a flat for which an expense allowance had been claimed; calls for an investigation by the relevant watchdog. Oh, no, not politicians on the fiddle again?
Leaders: Yes Scotland launch targets hearts first, heads later
IT WAS slick, professional and polished, with an added thin sprinkling of Holyrood stardust.
2 commentsLeader: Minimum prices only the first measure to take
Scotland has become the first country in Europe to legislate for the introduction of a minimum price for a unit of alcohol, in this case 50p.
3 commentsLeaders: Tipping point reached in eurozone crisis
A TIPPING point has now been reached in the crisis that has engulfed Greece and put her continued membership of the European single currency in peril. Yesterday, markets round the world fell sharply on reports that contingency preparations are now being made for a Greek exit from the euro.
Leader: IMF sugars the pill – but it must be swallowed
THE verdict delivered by the International Monetary Fund yesterday on the state of the British economy under the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition allows beleaguered Chancellor George Osborne to breathe a sigh of relief.
Leaders: Attitudes towards work are in dire need of repair
CAR sales and servicing company Arnold Clark has concluded it is “sad and disheartening” to discover that, in its view, more than 80 per cent of young Scots applying to it for work are “unsuitable for any employment”. It says it found that youngsters it hoped to recruit as apprentices had wholly unrealistic expectations of the modern workplace, a poor attitude to others and were taken aback at the working hours expected of them.
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Leaders: Death of Megrahi does not close Lockerbie case
FOR the relatives of the 270 who were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 descended in a ball of fire over Lockerbie in December 1988, the death of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi brings the end of a chapter, but not full closure.
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Leaders: The facts have changed so it’s time Europe did too
THOUGH there is no proof Lord Keynes ever actually said it, he is generally credited, on being asked why his opinion of something had altered, with replying: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”
6 commentsLeaders: Referendum remains a matter of one question
THE publication of the responses to the UK government’s consultation on the SNP’s independence referendum may not have produced a seismic revelation but it has served to underline the concerns many have over the process.
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Leaders: Greece and the eurozone face only hard choices
GREEK mythology tells of Odysseus having to sail between two deadly sea monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, both capable of destroying his ship and killing all on board.
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Leaders: Cross-Border policy, not battles, needed on alcohol
ALCOHOL abuse is one of the most serious social problems afflicting Scotland today. The crime and disorder, domestic abuse and harm to children; the wasted lives and early deaths caused by excessive consumption are blights on society that must be dealt with.
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Leaders: Green lights road to survival for Rangers
OUT OF the long grim labyrinth that is Rangers’ finances comes a glimmer of resolution at last.
3 commentsLeaders: The buck must stop with senior NHS managers
BULLYING. Cover-up. Fear. Blame. Intimidation. Just a few of the words to describe the shameful record of “inappropriate management culture” which a damning report published yesterday found was endemic at one of Scotland’s largest health boards.
Leaders: Public sector workers must face the realities
PUBLIC sector workers are angry, so angry that yesterday they went on strike across the United Kingdom. The reason for the action was clear: they are angered by the introduction of reforms to their pension schemes by the UK government, which they say significantly denudes their entitlement.
Leaders: Narrow focus is coalition’s most promising strategy
IT DID not take long yesterday for critics of the Queen’s Speech to emerge from the left and right of a coalition trailing blood from last week’s local elections.
Leaders: It was always an unlikely alliance
THE headline writers will be disappointed that it is not going to be “Miller time” for Glasgow Rangers after the American trucking tycoon, Bill of that ilk, withdrew his bid for the stricken club last night, citing adverse reaction from the fans and worries over the state of the finances at Ibrox.
Leaders: Choose words carefully to avoid a repeat of 1979
REFERENDUM outcomes should be decisive and to be accepted as such, they need to be clearly seen as fair.
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Leaders: Council coalitions will add to voter cynicism
AFTER the poll comes the haggling: local politicians, so bitterly opposed to each other only a few days ago, now find themselves weighing the option of going into coalition.
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Leaders: No party left unscathed by a disenchanted electorate
THE voters have had their say: what lessons should the politicians learn? For David Cameron and the Conservatives, their poor showing in Thursday’s local elections hardly comes as a surprise.
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Leaders: Tagging sex offenders cannot be enough
THE monitoring of sex offenders when they have been released from prison is both highly complex and highly emotive.
Leaders: A hidden truth behind death of Gareth Williams
How did Gareth Williams, an MI6 officer, die exactly? Why did he die? Was another person, or persons, involved? And why were his employers – given that they are the Secret Intelligence Service and can be reasonably expected to be alert to such things – so lax in letting seven days elapse before initiating inquiries on his disappearance?
Leaders: Local issues should reign supreme in local elections
LOCAL government is one of the many areas of the public sector in Scotland which has been left largely untouched since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
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Leaders: David Cameron’s defence of Jeremy Hunt stretches credulity
DAVID Cameron was not in the best of humours yesterday after he was forced by the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, to come before MPs to account for the actions of his Secretary of State for Culture, Jeremy Hunt, in his handling of the proposed takeover of BSKyB by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
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Leaders: David Cameron in a high stakes game over BSkyB talks
FOR the lay public, fresh revelations in the deepening imbroglio over “who said what to whom” in the government’s handling of News Corporation’s take-over bid for BSkyB may now be causing confusion rather than clarity.
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