IF there is a positive spin to be found on the Greens’ contribution to the Scottish Government over the past couple of years, it’s that they have helped keep the Scottish islands firmly in the news cycle.
LIZ Truss was making waves last week – and her detractors have had enough. In one news segment, a frustrated
IF the Scottish Government was planning to burn down its support base in rural Scotland, it could not have executed it better over the last few years.
’TIS the season for politicians to clutch lambs. At least Humza Yousaf’s effort in Lewis on Friday was streets ahead of Liz Truss’s boarded-up church and ovine in the headlights. The Lewis lamb gave the appearance of grudging consent – although the mother might disagree – and there was no church in sight – open
Is it possible to get through an island holiday without annoying an islander, I hear you ask. It is possible to do things which significantly reduce the chances of upsetting people.
‘YOU’RE so brave to live somewhere like this,” she intoned, as I sat speechless in front of the house.
‘YOU’RE as good as any man,” I was once told, after I had acquitted myself well at moving stones.
GAELIC will be dead in its heartlands by 2030. That was the prediction in 2020, and there is no reason to doubt it right now. In fact, the cynical amongst us might think that there is
THE Rural and Islands Depopulation Action Plan has arrived. Hurrah.
I REMEMBER the first time I visited an island that wasn’t Tiree. We went on a family holiday to Mull...
