Glasgow’s bid to host major climate summit another ‘union dividend’
9 Aug 2019
Glasgow’s bid to host a major summit on climate change next year is “more evidence of the union dividend”,...Read More »
Revealed: SNP lowered the bar for maths exams
7 Aug 2019
The SNP government lowered the pass threshold for maths exams across the board, it has been revealed, and performance still dipped.
Figures released yesterday showed a 2.1 per cent drop in maths passes at Higher level.
And now it has emerged that the reduction in passes occurred even though...Read More »
Shadow Chancellor paves way for Labour pact with SNP
7 Aug 2019
Ruth Davidson has said that Labour is ‘proposing a pact with the SNP in order to parachute Jeremy Corbyn into Number Ten”.
This follows the statement by John McDonnell, the shadow Chancellor that the Labour Party would not block Indyref2.
In an interview with Iain Dale at the Edinburgh...Read More »
SNP being ‘dishonest’ about policing figures
6 Aug 2019
The SNP government has been accused of dishonesty, after claiming it was still funding an additional 1000 officers.
Official figures released today showed there were 17,259 police men and women in Scotland, which ministers said was 1025 more than in 2007, meeting the officer-number pledge.
However, it has now...Read More »
Exam results ‘shame SNP complacency’ on education
6 Aug 2019
Today’s exam results which show the persistent decline in attainment should “shame” the SNP government’s complacency on education, the Scottish Conservatives have said.
It was revealed this morning that Higher passes are down two per cent from last year, dropping below 75 per cent.
Advanced Higher passes have also...Read More »