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An interview with Jenny Maxwell on the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima
Interview with Jenny Maxwell, long term CND campaigner
A tourism recovery taskforce for Scotland
New Tourism Taskforce Established Local MSP Kenneth Gibson reports on a new taskforce that has been set up by the Scottish government to help businesses affected by the pandemic. As we slowly…
We’re All In This Together
We’re All In This Together - by Alice Maxwell
LifeLines
LifeLines – Writing to Prisoners on Death Row
What’s on my mind? Well BLM of course…
With many thanks to Cicely Gill for letting us publish her poem here which she originally posted, together with the following words, on social media pages last month. Cicely is a poet…
Wanted – sub spotters on Arran!
Sinister, familiar, menacing, mysterious, commonplace … whatever you may think of them, submarines are visitors in the seas around Arran on a regular basis. The Royal Navy's submarines pass the island on…
Protection
It’s Thursday at 8pm. I’m standing clapping in recognition of the NHS, the care workers and all of those putting their own lives at risk during this pandemic when I spot the…
Tory betrayal on food standards
A report from Patricia Gibson, MP for North Ayrshire and Arran Last week, I challenged Tory MP John Lamont in the Commons on National Farmers Union (NFU) fears and those of consumers,…
Free school meals extended over summer
A report by Kenneth Gibson MSP. Ahead of the official school holidays, the SNP Government has announced an additional £27.6 million to help feed pupils and other vulnerable people over the summer.…
Arran’s MP calls for Island furlough to be extended
Arran’s MP Patricia Gibson has urged the UK Government to prolong furlough for island businesses as we work to ease lockdown restrictions and rebuild our island economies. Mrs Gibson made her call…
Degrowth: new roots for the economy
As long as our economy is dependent on growth, a recession will be devastating. Instead we need a planned, sustainable, and equitable downscaling of the economy. A letter from the Degrowth New…
XR Peace report nuclear convoy in Covid lockdown
CLIMATE CHAOS and COVID-19 PANDEMIC: DANGERS FOR OUR SECURITY WHEN WARNINGS ARE IGNORED GLOBAL CEASEFIRE NOW! SAVE LIVES, BUILD INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND PEACE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN COVID TIMES: DEADLY THREATS TO LIVES,…