Scotland Archives - Page 14 of 17

Scotland to face more difficulty in accessing healthcare

William Gibson / News / 14 August 2023 / Scotland

BMA Scotland GP chair Dr Andrew Buist warned the country is facing a “bleak situation” and called for “urgent action” from the nationalist government. He predicted Scotland could “become seriously under-doctored”, resulting in patients struggling “even more than they are right now to get appointments”. The medic insisted: “The Scottish Government must take this situation seriously and […]

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“Crooked” immigration lawyers

Carl Wilkinson / News / 9 August 2023 / Crime, England, Migration, Opinion, Scotland

The Home Office has officially launched a new task force; the task force will be responsible for collecting evidence to build more robust cases against ‘crooked’ immigration lawyers. The GOV.UK website states, ‘ We are stepping up action to support regulatory action and prosecution of unscrupulous lawyers, with a new dedicated taskforce and tougher sentences.’

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Old guard quits Scottish Greens

Simon Crane / News / 6 August 2023 / PoliticoWatch, Scotland

Robin Harper has resigned his life membership of the Scottish Green party as he believes it has ‘lost the plot’. Mr Harper, who was the UK’s first Green parliamentarian, quit in a letter to co-leader Patrick Harvie. The 82-year-old served as a Lothians MSP between 1999 and 2011 and was co-convener of the party from

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Pro-trans demonstrator gets off with punching woman

Simon Crane / News / 31 July 2023 / Crime, Discrimination, Scotland

Police Scotland is at the centre of a human rights storm after a woman was assaulted during a women’s rights event in Aberdeen. Julie Marshall said she was punched in the arm and head at a rally organised by Women Won’t Wheesht. The man responsible received a recorded police warning, sparking anger from campaigners about the leniency

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Erskine migrants being taught self-defence

Simon Crane / News / 27 July 2023 / Scotland

Migrants staying at the Glasgow River Hotel in Erskine are to be given Judo lessons to help them integrate into society. Clyde Judo Club will host a 12-week programme at the Hotel in Erskine. The project aims to integrate refugees into the judo community and assist them in finding local clubs that offer stability through

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Humza ham-fists the public purse

Dave Gardner / News / 20 July 2023 / Opinion, PoliticoWatch, Scotland

Humza Yousaf has been a disaster wherever he has gone. From the nursery in Broughty Ferry via the Health Minster position to the scooter tumble in the hallway and finally to the job as First Minister. It’s been one train wreck after another for Humza, while his party implodes due to serious fraud investigations surrounding

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Scottish court shambles

Dave Gardner / News / 8 July 2023 / Law, Opinion, Scotland

So, in Scotland, as most people will know, we have a shambles of a government. We have an ongoing police investigation into finances, a whole round of arrests and questions and a first minister more known for falling off a scooter in a corridor and making an arse of himself than for making any policies

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Summer Camp 2023

Homeland Admin / Activism / 3 July 2023 / England, Scotland, Wales

The Homeland Party held our first summer camp in the Derbyshire Dales. Despite the changeable weather 🌦we were all well looked after with big tents, good BBQ and on-site accommodation for young families 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. The kids had a great time playing & petting the animals. The banner drop was especially challenging in the wind 💨

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Arthur’s Seat killer told wife to stop being like a ‘British woman’

Simon Crane / News / 24 June 2023 / Crime, Scotland

The mother of a woman murdered by her husband who pushed her off a hill says he was “evil, jealous and insecure”. Fawziyah Javed, from Leeds, died after she was pushed from Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh by Kashif Anwar in 2021. Fawziyah married Anwar, an optical assistant, in an Islamic ceremony on 25 December 2020.

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A housebreaking every two hours under SNP’s soft touch justice in Scotland

William Gibson / News / 21 June 2023 / Crime, Scotland

Budget cuts by the SNP Government have been blamed for rocketing crime and falling detection rates in Scotland. Police Scotland had solved less than half of its cases in the past year. The figure gets even worse for crimes like housebreakings, with four out of five not being ‘cleared up’ – and an incident recorded every two hours.

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