Professor John Robertson OBA From the Scottish Government today, we see that grants totalling £600 million, up from 510 million last year have been allocated to council to plan their affordable housing supply.1 The grant funding is broken down as: How is Scotland doing with the building of affordable homes compared to the rest of the UK? This: Sources: Continue reading News you won’t hear today – SNP Government increases grants to local authorities for affordable housing by nearly 20% in just one year

By stewartb Emulate Singapore? What would this take: what would it cost us? From a profile of Singapore published in 2021: https://freedomhouse.org/country/singapore/freedom-world/2021 ‘Singapore’s parliamentary political system has been dominated by the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) and the family of current prime minister Lee Hsien Loong since 1959. The electoral and legal framework that the PAP has constructed allows for some political pluralism, but it constrains the growth of opposition parties and limits freedoms of expression, assembly, and association.’ ‘The current prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has been in power since 2004 and secured a new mandate after the July 2020 parliamentary elections. … Continue reading Tom Hunter – Scotland should emulate Singapore? What would this take: what would it cost us?

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Scottish Sunday Post, today, the above and: It’s a UK poll of 569 primary school teachers so around 50 in Scotland of whom 77% or 38 thought the above. Less that 0.2% of more than 25 000 across Scotland. It’s not even slightly credible. Continue reading Sunday Post claims 77% of Scots children are losing ability to use pencil based on less than 0.2% of 25 000 Scottish Primary teachers