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Monsanto named Most Evil Company of the Year
Members of an international group called SumOfUs have voted for Monsanto as the world's worst company. This year alone, Monsanto sued a tiny U.S. state for daring to label GMOs, and terrorised…
“This stop is ……”
Anyone on the train from Ardrossan to Glasgow recently may have noticed with mild interest that Ardrossan Town has morphed into Cambuslang. ‘This stop,’ the recorded announcement assures us, ‘is Cambuslang.’ This…
Free school meals for P 1, 2 and 3
Arran’s MSP Kenneth Gibson sends us news that the Scottish Government has decided to provide healthy school meals to all pupils in Primaries 1, 2 and 3, free of charge. This will…
Scotland’s new newspaper
The National, published daily from Monday to Friday at 50p, has arrived with astonishing energy and expertise, born of the Yes campaign and continuing its robust pressure for Scottish independence. Its tabloid…
Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership
Behind closed doors, the corporate power-grab known as TTIP is being negotiated. The Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership could mean further privatisation of our NHS in Scotland, and the privatisation of other…
Women for Independence meet in Arran High School
A cheerful group of women (and some men, too) met in the High School last Friday with the redoubtable Philippa Whitford, who doubles her NHS job as a surgeon with constant campaigning.…
Meeting the People in Ghana
Jan McGregor writes about her recent trip, organised by Traidcraft. These tours are organised by Saddle Skedaddle in partnership with Traidcraft, and take you to meet the people producing fair trade products…
Women for Independence
On 2nd November, the Strathclyde Suite in the Glasgow Concert Hall was packed with 400 women of all ages, listening to Lesley Riddoch, Susan Stewart, Jeane Freeman and Natalie McGarry as they…
MSP welcomes new drink-driving limits
From December 5th, the permitted blood alcohol limit will be more strict, dropping from 80mg in every 100ml of blood to 50mg in every 100ml of blood. This brings the UK into…
Fracking under our houses?
An e-mail from Margaret McDougall MSP to a member of the Arran Greens follows up the question of whether ‘mineral access rights’ may allow gas drilling to take place underneath homes in…
Katy Clark heads home
If anyone can revitalise the Labour Party in Scotland, it is probably Katy Clark, currently our Westminster MP, who is now looking to add her formidable talents to the Scottish political scene.…
Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee meets on Arran
Today, if you are reading this on Monday, December 1st, the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee, of which Arran’s Kenneth Gibson MSP is Convener, will meet on Arran for the first time. Mr…