MONICA Lennon and Anas Sarwar have rebuffed an invitation from Douglas Ross to form a Better Together-style electoral pact ahead of next May’s vote. The Scottish Tory chief took to Twitter to ask the two candidates vying to replace Richard Leonard if they would join him in a “Unionist coalition” to stop “the SNP and their push for indyref2”. He added: “The last Scottish Labour leader wouldn’t work with us. Will you @AnasSarwar @MonicaLennon7?” Neither of the Labour MSPs were keen. Sarwar wrote: “No, I won’t. A quarter of Scottish kids are growing up in poverty while you and the SNP divide our country.
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Hard hit Inverness cabbies hoping government aid pays out soon By Neil MacPhail Published: 07:30, 16 December 2020
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City cabbies in aid plea
INVERNESS taxi drivers are turning to courier driving for companies such as Amazon to make ends meet during the Covid crisis.
Others have taken part-time Christmas jobs with the Royal Mail as their regular night-time and tourism trade has dried up because of pandemic restrictions.
According to Inverness Taxi Alliance chairman Andrew MacDonald, in common with taxi drivers nationwide, city cabbies are feeling the pinch.