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Alex Salmond met Rupert Murdoch today for lunch. They talked about future investment in Scotland. I am prepared to give Mr Salmond the benefit of the doubt in terms of the wisdom of aligning himself with Mr Murdoch and I
Continue readingWestwater plantation in Dumfries-shire – owned by a landowner in Surrey and granted over £1 million in Scottish forestry grants. Last year I was commissioned by the Forest Policy Group to undertake research into who owns Scotland’s forests. The report
Continue readingUPDATE 1381 days later 9 December 2015 The Scottish Government has withdrawn Donald Trump’s role as a GlobalScot in response to remarks he made that Muslims should be prohibited from entering the UK. —————————————————————————————————————- Donald Trump Jr. arrives in
Continue readingThe latest tantrums of Donald trump over the proposal to site wind turbines off the Aberdeenshire coast received a lot of publicity in the news this last week. Mike Small reflects on some of this in the Guardian yesterday.
Continue readingFor those who have been following the debate about the future administration of the Crown Estate in Scotland will be aware that the Scotland Bill contained two proposed reforms so inconsequential as to be meaningless. The first was that there
Continue readingI will be giving a public lecture in Aberdeen on Thursday 1 March 2012. All welcome. Download LARGE poster here 6.2Mb)
Continue readingWhat with growing concerns about income inequality, bankers’ bonuses, and tax avoidance by the rich, I though I should join a couple of my self-employed writer/activists colleagues (George Monbiot and Alastair McIntosh) and make an annual declaration of interests and
Continue readingThis morning, I gave evidence at the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee of the Scottish Parliament as part of their Stage 1 scrutiny of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill (see previous posts for further info). One question asked related
Continue readingUnion Bridge in1807. Reproduced by kind permission of University of Aberdeen ABDUA 30581 A year ago I was asked to undertake investigations into the history of the Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen on behalf of the Friends of Union Terrace
Continue readingThe Scottish Government has re-introduced its Long Leases Bill which fell in the last Session of Parliament when it ran out of time. See previous posts on topic here and here and my written evidence to previous Bill Committee. Put
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