1. 08.00 Good morning. At 08.30, Lord Smith of Kelvin will unveil a new devolution deal to Scotland that will grant Holyrood powers over income tax and welfare spending. The cross-party commission was set up after the unionist parties promised greater powers for Scotland in the event of a no vote in the independence referendum, […]
1. An Introduction to Steve Hilton a. He is the son of Hungarian immigrants whose original surname was Hircsák who fled their home during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. They came to Britain, initially claiming asylum, and anglicised their name to Hilton. He won a scholarship to Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham before reading Philosophy, […]
Michael McCann 1.Union Official then on to finer things a. Michael McCann is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow since 2010. He is married to Tracy Anne McCann (nee Thomson), who is employed by him, on a salary of £35,000 […]
13 July 2016: Shocking extent of radioactive waste dumped in Scottish seas Documents have emerged which show more than 75,000 luminised dials coated with radium were tipped into the Tay Estuary after the Second World War. Archive files from the 1950s also reveal how radioactive waste from a Dundee […]
James Sheridan James Sheridan MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire North – lives in Erskine, Renfrewshire with his wife Jean. They have a son and daughter. Daughter works for him (salary paid by the taxpayer) full time. He is a Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) […]
April 2014: This is Jimmy Hood James “Jimmy” Hood (born 16 May 1948) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lanark and Hamilton East since 2005. He was first elected in 1987, as MP for Clydesdale. He has remained a backbencher throughout his parliamentary […]
November 2014: Frank Roy British Labour Party politician He is a British Labour Party politician, who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Motherwell and Wishaw since 1997. He was educated at Our Lady’s (RC) High School, Motherwell, and later at Motherwell College (1992) and Glasgow Caledonian University […]
The British American Project (BAP), the BBC and New Trust chairman Rona Fairhead The acting chair of the BBC Trust this year was Diane Coyle, an early recruit to the BAP at the same time as Naughtie and Peter (now Lord) Mandelson. The new BBC trust chair, Rona Fairhead, is a close Tory friend of […]
BBC Trust chairman scandal – money laundering – HSBC $1.9bn fine – deferred prosecution agreement – What Next? 1. Rona Alison Haig – Her career before the BBC trust chairman appointment a. Rona Haig was born in Cumbria in 1961. Her parents are Scots who hailed from Edinburgh where their families were well connected in […]
Political Elite Networks Exercise Real Power The power of networks is considerable – they ensure the flow of money, people, and ideas that strengthen certain lines of thought and action while simultaneously marginalising others. Networks tend to legitimise some ideas and policies, making them “normal” or “conventional”, beyond dispute […]
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