Here are seven good ideas for seven days in Scotland. 1 THE Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, one of Scotland’s most diverse and inclusive cultural events, is on this week. Combining high quality artistic events with extensive community-led programming and a social justice agenda, they have a banger of a documentary called Judy Versus Capitalism about Judy Rebick’s pivotal role in securing women’s rights in Canada. Radical feminist, street fighter, practical dreamer, it’s not to be missed. For details go to www.mhfestival.com. 2 JOHN Byrne at 80, a retrospective exhibition of works in print by the revered Scottish playwright, writer and artist. A showcase of his brilliance and humour, the exhibition opens this week and is available at the Glasgow Print studio from Tuesday until Saturday, free of charge.
Professor Ciaran Martin said the once in a generation phrase had been nothing but a slogan THE “once in a generation” phrase parroted by Conservatives in their attempt to block a second independence vote is nothing but a slogan and has no constitutional relevance, one of the architects of the Edinburgh Agreement has said. Professor Ciaran Martin, from the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, also warned that any Supreme Court battle between the London and Edinburgh governments would likely be nullified by a change of law pushed through by the Tory majority in the House of Commons.
Election 2021: no change in regional list results for Glasgow Labour has won four seats in Glasgow on the regional list ballot. The party got Pauline McNeill, Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, Former Glasgow MP Paul Sweeney and, Pam Duncan-Glancy elected on the peach ballot paper. The Conservatives got two MSPs on the list in Glasgow again Annie Wells was elected once again, this time as top of the Tory list. Sandesh Gulhane was also returned at the Conservatives held on to both seats they had in the city Wells was first elected five years ago as number two when the party also had Adam Tomkins elected.
It contains 22 parties or independent candidates for who you can state your preference. The list vote is the method that is supposed to balance out the support for each party and create a result that is more representative of the number of votes cast instead of winner takes all though the First Past the Post system used to count the constituency votes. The counting system means more seats you win on the first ballot the fewer you will win on the second. The SNP is looking for both votes and is on the paper with the description “Nicola Sturgeon for First Minister”.
Scottish Election 2021: Who are the MSPs standing down?
A total of 34 of the 129 members in the last Parliament are not standing for re-election on May 6
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More than a quarter of Holyrood s MSPs are not seeking re-election to the Scottish Parliament this year.