Threat from ticks
Scotland is banning the use of the only spray that can control bracken, Asulox, whereas England will continue to allow it. Bracken harbours ticks which carry Lyme’s disease.
All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
Scotland is banning the use of the only spray that can control bracken, Asulox, whereas England will continue to allow it. Bracken harbours ticks which carry Lyme’s disease.
It was a call that I’d been dreading – last Thursday, Jeremy Hosking rang to say he’d had enough and was withdrawing his offer to buy Kinloch Castle on Rum.
There was only one Corran proposal on the table at the Highland Council meeting on the 11th May 2023, and all us local Cllrs supported it. It was for the maximum £50 million bid to the Westminster Levelling Up Fund.
The Highlands is becoming the home to a significant percentage of Britain’s green energy needs. Even before wind, our post war hydro dams made the Highlands 100% self sufficient in electricity.
A gorgeous castle on a Hebridean island with a world class sea view and a decent skelp of land for sale at possibly as little as a £1. Tempted?
I am a Highland Councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan but I write on behalf of all West Highlanders, there are few of any political persuasion who would not support my request below.
Scottish Liberal Democrats have today passed an emergency motion calling on the UK Government to scrap the Illegal Migration Bill which would see anyone entering the UK via small boats immediately detained and deported to another country as soon as possible.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today marked his party’s extraordinary victory in the Costorphine/Murrayfield by-election in Edinburgh, which saw the party win more than 50% of the vote, defeating eight challengers on the first ballot.
On his visit to Scotland, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey is demanding the UK Government cancel plans to hike the average household energy bill by £500 in April.
At their Spring Conference in Dundee, the Scottish Liberal Democrats will debate proposals that would see the UK Government and fossil fuel companies contribute to a loss and damage fund to pay for the damages caused by the climate crisis to vulnerable communities around the globe.
Responding to comments made by the Home Secretary this morning on the government's small boats proposals, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael said:
Responding to the survey by the British Medical Association (BMA) of junior doctors in Scotland that found more than 40% are “actively researching” leaving the NHS and that almost 80% expect to have taken on a second job this year to help pay their bills, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.