Category: Social care

Tories can’t decide on plans to limit food prices

The Tories are so concerned that food price inflation will reverse the electoral gains they made in ‘Red Wall’ seats that they are thinking of introducing voluntary price caps on basic foods such as bread and milk. Ironically, the seats they gained through their lies about Brexit are likely to be lost due to inflation… Continue reading Tories can’t decide on plans to limit food prices

Boris Johnson Lied, We Died

a blog by Eva Comrie In Spring 2020 when we were locked down at home in a pandemic, my Dad was in and out of hospital. He never tested positive for Covid, but shared hospital wards with those who were, despite daily pronouncements from an FM to the contrary. To my shame, I argued with… Continue reading Boris Johnson Lied, We Died

Food inflation is highest on record

A survey by Kantar shows that inflation on food has reached the highest it has on record, 17.1%. On an annual food bill of about £90 per week, that translates into an extra £16 per week. Once again it is the poorest in society who are suffering the most. According to the Office for National… Continue reading Food inflation is highest on record

Alex Salmond Statement on Nicola Sturgeon’s Resignation

Posted by Alba Party, February 15 Commenting on Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation former First Minister Alex Salmond said: “There has been no question of Nicola’s talents as a first rate political communicator and election winner and having been there I feel for her personally on the day of her resignation. There are two questions for the… Continue reading Alex Salmond Statement on Nicola Sturgeon’s Resignation

‘Difficult or impossible’ for a third of adults to cover an extra £20 expense

In a recent survey, one third of adults in the UK admitted their finances were so finely balanced that an extra £20 per month would put them in financial difficulties. That figure rises when you consider vulnerable groups: Current government support is a sticking plaster which is quickly being exhausted due to the increased pressures… Continue reading ‘Difficult or impossible’ for a third of adults to cover an extra £20 expense

Scandal of Highland Housing crisis – how it crushes Gaelic

Dilution of the Gaelic language threatens its very survival. Why can’t people born in the Highlands buy a house there? By Martin Baillie The Gaelic Crisis in the vernacular communities is as much a result of the housing crisis, the commercialisation of crofting, of poor transport infrastructure, of insufficient progress on land reform and over-tourism,… Continue reading Scandal of Highland Housing crisis – how it crushes Gaelic