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Mr Salmond says it again

Posted on March 26, 2010December 3, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Yesterday, at First Minister’s questions in the Scottish Parliament, Alex Salmond again argued that Scotland’s seabed should be controlled in Scotland “Yes, we have an enormous renewable energy resource off the shores of Scotland and this Government is hugely in

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Land Reform fantasies

Posted on March 23, 2010December 3, 2023 by Andy Wightman

There’s a conference in Inverness today about the community right to buy. I should probably be there but I can’t afford to take a day off work, the train ticket is over £40 and I’m kinda skint right now. The

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Scotland Rules the Waves – er, no it doesn’t!

Posted on March 23, 2010December 3, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Forgive me for continuing this thread on Scotland’s seabed but I’ve just caught sight of an interview on 16th March with Alex Salmond about Scotland’s marine renewables potential. Now I think that the progress made with marine renewables is very

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Common Good, Crown Estate, Environment, Land Reform, Research
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More inaccuracies over the Crown Estate

Posted on March 22, 2010December 3, 2023 by Andy Wightman

In an article about marine energey in the Sunday Times business section titled “Alex Salmond’s bid to rule the waves”, Jane Bradley writes the following. According to Alex Salmond, Scotland’s first minister, this is the first step in a plan

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Common Good, Crown Estate, Environment, Land Reform, Politics
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The Crown – reserved or not

Posted on March 20, 2010December 3, 2023 by Andy Wightman

A comment on Joan McAlpine’s blog (1) about the Crown Estate asks a good question – are crown estate matters not reserved? This is the source of much confusion. The Crown Estate Commission is reserved as are most Crown revenues.

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It’s Scotland’s Seabed

Posted on March 18, 2010December 3, 2023 by Andy Wightman

The Crown Estate Commission plays a strange role in the administration of parts of Scotland. I recently submitted evidence to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee on the topic and today, had a letter published in the Herald newspaper

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Common Good, Crown Estate, Environment, Land Reform, Politics
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Who is David Beckham anyway?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Andy Wightman

I habitually waken up to the BBC World Service in the morning. Since returning from a spell abroad in Ethiopia, I have been struck by the massive dumbing down in the output of both BBC television and radio. There seemed

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Access to Academic publications paid for by our taxes

Posted on March 13, 2010December 3, 2023 by Andy Wightman

I am a scientist by training. I believe that science holds out great promise for a better future. I believe all research dedicated to making the world a safer, healthier and more equitable place for us all to live is

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Freedom of Information, Research
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Scotland’s world class winter athletes

Posted on February 16, 2010December 3, 2023 by Andy Wightman

On holiday in Spean Bridge. Caught the train to Corrour and skied up Carn Dearg and down again through two feet of fresh powder snow – awesome. Scotland is laid out before us like a vast wedding cake. Forgot my

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Scotland's hills
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Scotland’s Young Musicians

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Andy Wightman

Yesterday evening, students from Scotland’s four Centres of Excellence in Music gathered in the City of Edinburgh Music School in Broughton High School to share some fine performances. This was one of the highlights – the young Craig Paton from

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