’TIS the season for politicians to clutch lambs. At least Humza Yousaf’s effort in Lewis on Friday was streets ahead of Liz Truss’s boarded-up…
’TIS the season for politicians to clutch lambs. At least Humza Yousaf’s effort in Lewis on Friday was streets ahead of Liz Truss’s boarded-up church and ovine in the headlights. The Lewis lamb gave the appearance of grudging consent – although the mother might disagree – and there was no church in sight – open or otherwise.
From what we can tell, the emergency funding will extend posts until September. Whilst it’s gratifying to see the Government change its mind – and the news is welcome on the basis that something is better than nothing – what happens after September? It’s a short-term sticking plaster to stop the shouting, but it’s no more than that. To use a
A plea went out, asking the Government to recognise that exhausted volunteers should not be the answer to service delivery. So, would additional core funding be made available to support island housing delivery, I asked?So, if we want our communities to thrive, we’ve got no choice but to do it ourselves. Of course, doing it ourselves would be easier if we weren’t hobbled at every step by the infrastructure gaps. Which is a lovely segue into ferries.
“We want to do that and get the balance right between absolutely ensuring priority for island residents and absolutely ensuring that we don’t do anything to unintentionally harm tourism to islands – which is so important to our local businesses and local
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