Scotland Articles

This week, to mark 100 years of International Women’s Day, the Scottish Labour party launched their dedicated ‘Women’s Manifesto’ for the forthcoming Scottish parliament elections.

Civil partnerships made it possible for same-sex couples to access most rights available to married couples. Now support is building for equalisation of both marriage and civil partnerships – perhaps in Scotland before the rest of the UK.

Last week the SNP government published their budget plans for the next four years. John Swinney, the finance secretary, agreed to publish extended spending forecasts after being challenged by Labour and the other opposition parties immediately after announcing a draft budget in November when he limited his plans to the current financial year.

So we had some snow, then some more, and now we’re getting just a bit more. The hapless SNP are in charge, so everything naturally ground to a halt. With the resignation of transport minister, Stewart Stevenson, it’s time to refocus on this month’s best example of the SNP’s failure to govern.