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Horrendously busy this morning, so just a helpful link for those of you champing at the bit to read the SNP Scottish Government's much-anticipated white paper entitled Your Scotland, Your Voice: A National Conversation, published this crisp St Andrew's...
Another grim outing at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh this week, of wider significance for those of us with in interest in criminal justice and the prison system. The central issue? The guideline punishment parts of Scottish life sentences...
I’ve discussed some Tory positioning on the Human Rights Act previously, both outrageously misleading and more considered. As (potential) Tory government inches towards plausible imminence, those of us with an interest in these matters should attend...
Just an interesting titbit for today. Via Holyrood Magazine, I notice that it has occurred to our parliamentarians that they are missing a trick. Some rationalising namer of parts decided simply to name Holyrood’s Committee Rooms by number, one to...
On Thursday 26th of November, interested tribunes will congregate in the Chamber for their stage 1 debate on the following motion:
S3M-5177 Kenny MacAskill: Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill—That the Parliament agrees to the...
