Islanders who say new conservation plans could put their economic future under threat stage a protest at the Scottish Parliament.

A discussion on the Better Nation Blog about proposals for the Scottish Parliament to make smacking children illegal reminded me of this poignant poem by Stan Kelly. It is about an abused child who is likely to grow up to become a replica of his abusive father, but his Ma' still loves him to bits because he is her baby. A fantastic poem, made into a fantastic song by Cilla Black: Oh you are a

On the 6th May 2011 the Scottish National Party secured a historic majority for the next five year term at the Scottish Parliament. Their manifesto promised to freeze council tax, oppose tuition fees and set a renewable energy target of 100% by 2020. However, more crucially, one of the SNP’s most important pledges was to

Plans to build a new security hall at the front of the Scottish Parliament are branded "bonkers" by a former presiding officer.

Alex Salmond’s SNP have a political mandate to hold a referendum on Scottish Independence. With an unprecedented majority in the Scottish Parliament and a manifesto pledge, the question is not if we have to confront this issue, but how. Leaving aside arguments about the Scottish Parliament’s legal authority to legislate on an independence referendum (this

The Scottish Parliament will today symbolically vote in favour of leaving the United Kingdom despite opposition parties accusing Alex Salmond of trying to engineer a "grubby little fix" instead of a fair referendum.

contribution by Representing the Mambo It feels like I’m the only person who thinks that Cameron’s plans for a minimum price for alcohol, possibly similar to the type being mooted by the Scottish parliament, is a great one. And a surprising one, given the government’s normal commitment to doing exactly as their corporate paymasters desire.

The Scottish Parliament is set to increase the number of days it sits every week, amid concern it has become too rigid.

New laws to tackle religious hatred and bigotry related to football games are to be passed by the Scottish Parliament.

A new group is to be set up to help devise a scheme which would give greater tax powers to the Scottish parliament.