IN MY PRE-LOCAL ELECTION Editorial back at the end of January I got a few things wrong – but I’m pleased to say overall my summation of what we might expect pretty much came in with over 90% accuracy. I figured it the most tightly contested ever – and it was, with three groups of … Read more
THE SCOTTISH LABOUR candidate for the Moray seat in the June general election has hit out at a smear campaign charging her with having sympathies with the SNP and Independence. Social Media accounts of several candidates in both the local and national elections are being trawled by opposition parties, seeking out any indication of apparent … Read more
SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE LEADER Ruth Davidson has been commenting on her party’s general election hopes of unseating the SNP from Moray. Ms Davidson has said that she believes her party has a “pretty good” chance of removing Angus Robertson, the deputy leader of the SNP, from his Moray seat. Mr Robertson has represented Moray for 16 … Read more
THE WORK IN MORAY being undertaken by the MS Society and their efforts to establish more facilities and clinics is being highlighted. Conservative MSP and candidate for the Moray seat in June’s General Election, Douglas Ross, has been learning for himself about the work of the Society in the region and throughout Scotland. The MS … Read more
A BATTLE LINE is being drawn between the SNP and Conservative candidates for the Moray seat in the UK General Election over the future of Scottish Fishing. Yesterday the SNP’s Angus Robertson highlighted comments from Scottish Secretary David Mundell, in which he had said that “there is no way we would go back to Scotland … Read more
MORAY PENSIONERS FACE a bombshell according to local MP Angus Robertson after he pressed the Prime Minister this week on the future of the ‘triple lock’. Six years ago the assurance given by the UK Government was that state pension annual increases would be maintained at either the rate of inflation, average earnings growth or 2.5%. However, … Read more