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Caption competition.... 9 Dec 2012 | 06:18 pm
Alex Salmond is introduced to the SNP Group on the Council.
Thank you, and good night 2 May 2012 | 10:11 pm
Two maxims for Thursday: You get what you vote for If you don't vote, don't complain I've voted, very carefully. When I stood down 5 years ago it was to attend to a young family and a small and g...
Fading memories 27 Apr 2012 | 09:18 pm
Isn't it all a bit pathetic - and frankly unbelievable - that neither the Westminster nor Holyrood Governments can manage to draw up a list of meetings with self-important tycoons, without managing to...
UHI - the future? 26 Apr 2012 | 10:34 am
The report in The Herald vindicates what I have been saying for a few years. The sad part is that the centralisation is being driven by Government as a cost saving measure, when skills should be grou...
Eats shoots and leaves 25 Apr 2012 | 08:49 pm
The SNP advert on Hebrides News seems to be advocating communal leasing.... Hopefully, the education policy is to a higher standard of literacy.
Election prophesies 23 Apr 2012 | 08:02 pm
"Forecasting is difficult, especially about the future", Mao Tse Tung I'm having real difficulty in working out who might remain after the election, as it is a bit easier to identify those who look l...
By their leaflets shall you know them..... 23 Apr 2012 | 07:56 pm
If a politician tells you all about their commitment to creating jobs on the island, and has their election address printed off the island, doesn't that stink of hypocrisy? If they break their prom.....
Ups and downs 23 Apr 2012 | 07:56 am
It was a series of conversations with people in the tourism industry that identified two interlined issues. I was initially astonished to hear that the Lewis & Harris tourism trade is down by about 2...
Taxation neeedn't be taxing. But it is. 8 Apr 2012 | 01:35 am
I've decided to move the accountancy practice offshore. Nicolson Accountancy EU Sarl will be based in Luxembourg, and the Stornoway office will become an 'order fulfilment centre'. I will employ lit...
Unblogged the Jedi has 31 Mar 2012 | 11:20 am
My post makes no sense without the full impact of the article, so it has been hidden. Pending developments.
