Tag: tory
Tory MEP compares wind generators to banking collapse
By a Newsnet reporter A Scottish Conservative MEP has claimed that funding wind generators will result in similar losses to that which was...
Former Tory Minister facing arrest over child sex abuse claims
By a Newsnet reporter A former Conservative Cabinet Minister is reported to be facing arrest as part of an investigation into child sex...
As the rot sets in on Brand Britain – it’s time...
By a Newsnet reporter This weekend the latest shocking claims to engulf the BBC were made public when it was alleged that three...
BBC hit by new gang rape claim as Westminster drawn into...
By Bob Duncan Reggie Perrin star Leonard Rossiter, who died in 1984 aged 57, has become the latest celebrity to be named in...
Calls for Davidson to withdraw Scots Subsidy slur
By a Newsnet reporter Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has been accused of fiddling figures in order to present Scots as a nation...
Tory MP proposes slashing pensioner benefits to save cash
By Bob Duncan Pensioners deemed ‘well off’ should lose their free bus passes, TV licenses, winter fuel payments and prescriptions, according to plans being...
Setback for No campaign as poll shows Scots overwhelmingly reject Tory...
By a Newsnet reporter The strength of feeling amongst Scots unhappy with a Conservative led UK Government has been revealed following a poll which...
The local authority elections are over – but there’s another hidden...
By Martin Kelly It’s been a strange week. Images from the May 3rd local election results gave the impression that Labour had won. Smiling, cheering,...
Concerns raised over growing number of Labour/Tory council pacts
By a Newsnet reporter The number of pacts between Labour local authority groups and their Tory counterparts has prompted fears that the views of...
The Electoral Commission – British Democracy’s Chocolate Teapot
By David Ferguson Readers of Newsnet Scotland might remember me. The Wendy Alexander FOI? The Labour Party smear campaign spearheaded by Jim Murphy’s Special...