AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN asks if minimum pricing has really made an impact on alcohol consumption, and says footballer Ronaldo has forgotten who pays his huge wages The recycling wagon was round our way on Thursday and the crashing sound of glass was a satisfying evidence that more households are doing their bit […]
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Blackford’s beef cuts deep into UK trade
AS I SEE IT: The Australia talks show that free trade comes at a cost, says TERRY MURDEN The next few weeks could help determine the shape of Brexit Britain as the Government seeks to secure its biggest trade deal since the country severed ties with the EU in January. As International Trade Secretary Liz […]
Scotland’s Google-sized problem
AS I SEE IT: Terry Murden says worrying trends in Scotland’s economy are being overlooked in an election campaign dominated by one issue The election campaign is more or less running according to tradition. Lots of promises on health, crime – even more trees – and with the SNP a dead-cert to be the biggest […]
A single-issue election + Wooha’s warning sign
AS IT SEE IT: Terry Murden on why there is only one issue to be resolved in the Scottish elections.. and how a brewer’s collapse is a warning to others So, health, education, the environment and the economy top the list of voter priorities for the Scottish elections, according to pollsters. Tell me something new. […]
That’s handy, Covid rules eased just in time for an election
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says that economic concerns are trying to be heard amid the noise around independence and Alex Salmond Decisions on easing the coronavirus restrictions are made purely on medical evidence, the First Minister insists on reminding us. How convenient, then, that the country will return to something more closely resembling […]