Month: August 2023

Shona Craven: Be glad robotaxi technology is being trialled elsewhere

Speymouth August 15, 2023

PICTURE the scene: it’s a dark, wet and windy night, and you’ve missed the last bus home after a big night out with friends. It’s a walk of several miles, and you’re already drenched. The number for the local cab company is ringing out, and there’s no-one to come and pick you up because everyone you know locally is already sleeping off the evening’s festivities. Source

The looming catastrophe for the Tories

Speymouth August 10, 2023

A new UK-wide poll has been published this week which gives figures which are utterly catastrophic for the Tories, and which gives some hope to the SNP that the outlook for the largest party of Scottish independence is not as dire as some are gleefully predicting. The mega poll was carried…

Let’s drill into the facts on Sunak’s oil and gas claims

Speymouth August 8, 2023

SO, we had the flying visit from the UK Prime Minister, who came north for a desperate attempt to hold on to the few seats the Tories hold in the area. I’ll be honest, what he had to say will have gone down well with many, but any boost will be short and will leave a very bad taste. Source

Penny at the Fringe

Speymouth August 7, 2023

One of the highlights of the Fringe, so I’m told, is the edgy political acts that have lit up this years cultural fiesta. If you don’t fancy the Ayes Have It with Alex Salmond and special guests David Davis, Baroness Claire Fox, Sir Brian Donohue, Fergus Ewing and Richard Tice, leader Reform UK Party, why […] Source