• For anyone who hasn’t yet voted – Scottish Parliament Election Statements 2016

    Published On: May 5, 20160.1 min readCategories: Politics

    The only wasted vote is the one not cast. Happy voting! ELECTION STATEMENTS MAY 2016.

  • Land Reform Meeting

    Published On: Apr 1, 20163.5 min readCategories: Community Development, Community News, Events, Politics

    COMMUNITY TO GAIN NEW LAND POWERS. More than 40 island residents gathered in the Village Hall on Tuesday, 23rd March, to hear all about new powers granted to them by...

  • A Message from Mike Russell, MSP

    Published On: Apr 1, 20162.5 min readCategories: Politics

    With regards to the upcoming Scottish Parliament election the Corncrake will  attempt to feature statements from different candidates. This month we have a short piece from current Argyll & Bute...

  • Putting The World To Rights

    Published On: Jun 1, 20151.7 min readCategories: Community News, Politics

    What an extraordinary month!  There are 64 SNP members of the Scottish Parliament, out of 128 in all; then along came the General Election and 56 SNP members were elected...

  • The General Election

    Published On: May 1, 20150.4 min readCategories: Just for Fun, Politics

    Queen Elizabeth I kindly remarked “We have quite forgot the fart” to put at ease the courtier returning from some years in the wilderness.  Let us hope that the electorate...

  • Politics

    Published On: Jan 3, 20150.8 min readCategories: Politics

    In the “bad old days”, members of the House of Lords inherited their position because of some ancient ancestral merit.  As time went by, the descendants of the great and...

  • Politics

    Published On: Dec 1, 20140.4 min readCategories: Politics

    This is the Season of Goodwill so there are none included; in any case we will all get quite enough of politics in the next six months.  We should remember,...

  • Politics

    Published On: Nov 3, 20141.2 min readCategories: Politics

    Sadly, no time or space for a proper contribution this month, but as a member of the public (and in the spirit of The Skibbereen Eagle) your correspondent did notice...

  • Colonsay may benefit from land reform proposals.

    Published On: Jul 4, 20140.9 min readCategories: Community Development, Politics

    Scottish environment minister Paul Wheelhouse has told people on Colonsay that they are in a position to benefit from new proposals aimed at speeding up the SNP’s land reform agenda....

  • News from our MSP – Michael Russell – land reform offer to the island

    Published On: Jul 4, 20142.2 min readCategories: Community Development, Politics

    MSP Michael Russell writes for the Corncrake: “Land Reform is back in the news again.    Paul Wheelhouse, the Environment Minister, told the Community Land Scotland Conference in early June...

  • Scottish Government review on land reform backs more community ownership

    Published On: Jun 27, 20142.5 min readCategories: Community Development, Politics

    The long awaited final report of the Scottish Government Land Reform Review Group is recommending ways of helping the country’s communities, rural and urban, achieve the First Ministers Target of...

  • A word from our local MSP Michael Russell

    Published On: Jun 27, 20141.4 min readCategories: Politics

    Politics is show business for ugly people opined Texas Political consultant Bill Miller in 1991.  He was , I am sure, merely echoing the distaste for organised politics that exists across...

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    The Front Page – July 2018

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