I have blogged on this not too long ago but the issue has raised its head again as The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) Bill has passed stage 2 in parliament and the minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol is the preferred amount of the Scottish Government.
Today Nicola Sturgeon said, "Too many Scots are d…
Alcohol minimum pricing - alcoholism isn't about price
Posted May 14, 2012
Do you agree that this question could have been worded better from the start?
Posted May 8, 2012
"Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?"
As most people know this is the proposed question to be set to the Scottish people in the referendum of 2014. Today a report, Do You Agree This Is A Biased Question? was released by the Scottish Affairs Committee which concluded that th…
Our elderly deserve more than the mediocre care from low paid workers
Posted April 24, 2012
Like myself, many of you will have watched last nights Panorama programme Undercover: Elderly Care. It was a truly horrific programme that focussed on the care of one elderly woman who suffers with dementia.
That woman is Maria Worroll and she was treated horrifically in Ash Court Care Centre in…
Breaking victims anonymity rights is not the right of a Tweeter
Posted April 23, 2012
Twitter is a great tool. It's a great place to share, promote and meet. It's a great place to debate and discuss.
Recently though, it's become, sadly, a place where people hiding behind their keyboard, and often a nickname, write things that they believe should be "out there" with no regard fo…
Gilroy should give Suzanne's family closure
Posted April 19, 2012
A partial justice was done yesterday in the Edinburgh High Court. Lord Bracadale sentenced David Gilroy to life imprisonment for the murder of Suzanne Pilley. He won't get out for a minimum of 18 years.
David Gilroy had a relationship with Suzanne Pilley in which he tried to own her. She tried t…
