Alex Cole-Hamilton's Christmas message is below: Christmas is a time for reflection, and I think it's important to look back on the long road travelled since last year. Just twelve months ago Nicola Sturgeon was the most powerful figure in Scottish politics. Now her reputation lies in tatters. The SNP in government are badly diminished by scandal, infighting and more than a decade of neglect of public services which has led to record NHS waiting lists and our schools slipping down the international rankings. Twelve months ago the Conservatives were in utter chaos... so some things don't change. While the ...
This recording by the boys of Coventry Cathedral Choir is on an LP issued in 1971. The 16th-century Coventry Carol was traditionally performed in Coventry as part of a mystery play, The Pageant of Shearman and the Tailors, which relates the Christmas story from the second chapter of the Gospel of St Matthew and refers to the Massacre of the Innocents. It takes the form of a lullaby sung by the mothers of the doomed children. And on that cheerful note, let me wish all my readers a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
The Guardian reports that Labour is considering scaling back ambitious plans to borrow £28bn a year to invest in green jobs and industry amid fears the Conservatives will use the policy as a central line of attack in the general election campaign. The paper says that Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will discuss the party's flagship economic policy next month, with senior Labour figures pushing to drop the £28bn commitment entirely while others want to retain key elements of the plan: Labour officials say they intend to keep central parts of their green policy, but want to recast them in ...
With thanks to DundeeBuses.info, the link below gives a comprehensive festive public transport timetable guide includes every bus, coach and ScotRail service in Dundee including every operator, over the festive period. You can read this at : http://tiny.cc/Travel-Festive-23
