SCOTLAND’S FISHING INDUSTRY should not be treated as an expendable item when the UK Government move forward with Brexit negotiations. That is the plea being made by Moray MP Angus Robertson this week as SNP MP’s at Westminster insist that there must not be a repeat of mistakes made in the 1970’s when Scotland’s fishing … Read more
A HALFORDS SPOKESMAN has revealed that the real reason for extortionate delivery charges being applied to Moray online shoppers is to discourage them from ordering in the first place. The startling revelation came in a response to a Speyside customer who was asked to pay £50 delivery on two items that were worth just £5.99 each. … Read more
A NEW LOOK will be given to the future management of Moray Council owned leisure facilities following pressure this week by the main SNP opposition group. A prolonged debate on the issue took place at Wednesday’s meeting of the Full Council, during which SNP councillors argued that the local authority needed to push ahead with … Read more
AN ATTEMPT TO fight against benefit sanctions that are being described as “deeply flawed and cruel” has failed due to lack of support at the UK Parliament. Moray MP Angus Robertson led his party into a debate on their ‘Benefits Sanctions (Required Assessment) Bill’ at the parliament last week. However, hopes that it would reach … Read more
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE should be heard in their demand for a deal for women born in the 1950s who are being denied fair pension rights. SNP members used an opposition day debate in the House of Commons to demonstrate their backing for the WASPI campaign, which is growing both in strength and anger … Read more
A LACK OF SCOTTISH bottled water in the WH Smith outlet on Waverley Station in Edinburgh has landed a Moray MSP in a tit-for-tat row with the deputy leader of the Tory party in Scotland. Richard Lochhead has written to the retailer complaining out their selling “mainly imported products” at the station – taking particular … Read more