BRIEFING
Holyrood briefing 17.11.2008
holyrood opinion
holyrood today
The overwhelming lesson,
Majority of graduates ‘value
however, from the Obama
learning experience’
A survey published by the Scottish
experience is the amazing
Funding Council (SFC) has reported
money machine he has created. that 88 per cent of graduates
Obama has become the most
would study at the same college
successful presidential fund
and university again, while 79 per
cent would take the same course.
raiser ever.
The study conducted by Ipsos
Henry McLeish p34 MORI and Critical Thinking found
that the majority of graduates in
2004 had a positive learning expe-
holyrood leader
rience, and as a result, have gone
Labour was still so busy
holyrood interview
on to their chosen career.
A survey found that 70 per
clapping itself on the back
PATRICK HARVIE MSP
cent of participants are either ‘on
For a non-believer, Patrick Harvie has a lot to thank God for. In fact,
that it forgot to blow its own
track’ or in their chosen career,
had it not been for religious zealots, he may never have mobilised
while 79 per cent are in employ-
trumpet loudly enough to
himself into action and realised that politics can effect change for the ment and just over half felt their
drown Salmond out. p3
good. p18
studies had benefited their earning
potential.
holyrood focus
Disabled Parking Bill gains
backing
In a bid to improve raising
The Scottish Parliament’s Local
rates of STIs, Katie Mackintosh
Government and Communities
Committee has given its backing
reports on the need to talk
in principle to recommendations
about sex. p23 to penalise drivers who abuse
disabled parking bays.
Outlined in the Disabled Per-
holyrood insight
sons’ Parking Places (Scotland) Bill,
holyrood hero holyrood villain
brought forward by Labour MSP
Rory Cahill and Richard
Jackie Baillie, it calls for enforce-
David Cameron Jim Murphy able fines of up to £60 for anyone
Johnstone examine the state
For reminding us that the For selling Scottish football without a Blue Badge who parks in
of Scotland’s defence industry
death of the smallest and most down the river to suit a London
a disabled space.
and explore how important vulnerable should be of the agenda. We wonder if he’ll sit
As the law currently stands in
belonging to the UK is to greatest concern to the most with the punters at Hampden
Scotland, around 85 per cent of dis-
abled parking spaces are courtesy
that. p27
powerful. now.
spaces that allow non-Blue Badge
holders to park in them.
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Young Scots join in National
MARCH 2005
Conversation
“The road ahead will “What Kirsty Wark and Over a hundred young Scots have
be long. Our climb will Alan Clements appeared
taken part in National Discussion
be steep. We may not
to forget was that cronyism
Day, a National Conversation youth
participation event in Edinburgh.
get there in one year
and its benefits is a privilege
As part of the SNP administra-
or even one term, but
reserved to the privileged.
tion’s national consultation on the
America – I have never
The vast majority of
future of Scotland, the young people
Scots, including struggling
been more hopeful than
presented findings from local peer
independent film producers discussion groups to the First Minis-
I am tonight that we will
who would have given their
ter Alex Salmond, the chief executive
get there. I promise you:
eye-teeth for just a fraction
of Young Scot, who ran the consulta-
we, as a people, will get of the budget granted to
tion, and representatives from the
there.”
business and legal sectors.
The Gathering Place, do not
have access to that kind of
Sign up for your daily
President-elect Barack
privilege”. Holyrood news service at
Obama, 3 November, Chicago
www.holyrood.com/ht
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