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LABOUR councillors have been accused of continually engaging in “childlike hypocrisy” after derailing a meeting by complaining about an SNP…
Dumbarton church charity worker Caroline Marsland, who claimed she was sacked for whistleblowing about a married priest having a relationship has won £8,000 compensation at an employment tribunal.
ALLAN Sutherland (Letters, July 12) calls for a Scottish inquiry into the response to the pandemic, but it is much more appropriate for any Covid inquiry to take part at a UK level, because the main Covid response in terms of funding support, vaccines and testing capacity backing has come from that level, and our lockdown response was decided at that level too with Scottish Government support. But there is another reason as well. Different people saying different things at different times has undoubtedly led to a confusion in messaging and therefore a breakdown in community understanding ...
THE image that best describes the ideal relationship between journalists and politicians is of a dog and a lamp-post. At times, though, it can be difficult to tell which is which. This is perhaps a little too vivid and simplistic but it’s meant to convey a general rule. This is not to suggest journalists can’t have mutually respectful, even cordial, relationships with the richly-rewarded public servants they must scrutinise. However, in our trade, it’s unwise to get too close to those whom you might one day be required to call to account. Journalists should generally assume that pol...