THE businessman at the centre of the Scottish Labour donations crisis today accused Wendy Alexander’s team of “gross mismanagement.”
Paul Green insisted he had regarded his donation of £950 as “above board” after assurances from Labour MSP Charlie Gordon.
He also said his donation was written on a personal cheque from his Jersey address.
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SNP leader Alex Salmond has given his backing for a new group catering for young Asians at the party’s annual conference.
Mr Salmond, Depute Leader Nicola Sturgeon and SNP Parliamentary Candidate Bashir Ahmad were all present at the launch of the Young Asian Scots for Independence (YASI). Mr Ahmad is set to become the Scottish [...]

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A female council worker who allegedly had an affair with her boss was warned she would have to sleep with people to get promoted, a tribunal has heard.
The woman was giving evidence at the employment tribunal of former Aberdeen City Council employee Tom McNeil.
Mr McNeil claims he was forced to quit his job after reporting [...]

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Scotland’s main parties have made a final pitch to voters before Thursday’s Scottish Parliament election.
Labour’s Jack McConnell was in Glasgow, while SNP leader Alex Salmond toured key marginal seats by helicopter.
Conservative leader Annabel Goldie dropped in on journalists on the end of a rope at an Edinburgh activity centre.
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DAVID Cameron is set to strip Scottish MPs of their powers to vote on English issues at Westminster if he wins the next UK General Election.
After launching his party’s Holyrood election campaign yesterday, the Tory leader made clear that the West Lothian Question had to be answered.
And he warned Gordon Brown that [...]

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SNP LEADER Alex Salmond was last night accused of pandering to “homophobia” by accepting a £500,000 donation from an anti-gay businessman.
The SNP yesterday confirmed that Brian Souter, who financed a high-profile campaign to keep Section 28, which banned “promoting” homo-sexuality in schools, was bankrolling their election hopes with a cheque for £500,000.
Salmond was immediately criticised [...]

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First Minister Jack McConnell accused the SNP of planning constitutional “chaos and turmoil” within 100 days if they win power at Holyrood.
He said they were cynically trying to provoke confrontations with Westminster to further the independence cause.
Mr McConnell’s attack came after the SNP published its plans for its first 100 days in power. [...]

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A self-confessed prostitute user is bidding to represent the East Kilbride district at Holyrood.
The hotel night-watchman from West Mains says there is nothing wrong with using prostitutes and indeed he wants prostitution legalised.
John Houston, already known to East Kilbride voters, intends to stand once again for the UK Independence Party, whether its members like it [...]

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It defied the adage that there is no such thing as a free lunch. But now many a well-fed councillor in Glasgow, in the parlance of colleagues along the M8, have been told: “You’ll have had your tea then.”
New regulations, due to start when Scotland’s first salaried councillors take up their new posts on May [...]

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More than a third of Scotland’s councillors have applied for payouts of between £10,000 and £20,000 to stand down at the May elections.
A total of 434 have expressed an interest in quitting when voting changes to proportional representation.
The payments could cost the Scottish Executive more than £7m.
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POLITICIANS and anti-racism campaigners reacted with outrage last night when it emerged that the far-right British National Party was to get its own election broadcast during this year’s Holyrood campaign as well as hundreds of thousands of pounds in free election publicity from the taxpayer.
The Scotsman has learned that the BNP is to field candidates [...]

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SCOTLAND’S 40,000 Polish immigrants are being urged to take up their right to vote, with just 100 days remaining before the May elections.
As the countdown to the Scottish elections begins in earnest, EU immigrants are being encouraged to make their vote count on 3 May.
In what promises to be one of the tightest elections [...]

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AN outspoken anti-crime councillor is set to appear incourt after being charged with verbally abusing the wife he recently dumped.
Married SNP councillor Gordon Hunter, 43, was arrested after allegedly clashing with his wife Lesley and charged with breach of the peace.
The councillor is a vocal critic of anti-social behaviour and recently told a council meeting [...]

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A new European deal for Scottish fishermen has been branded as “another nail in the coffin”.
The deal, reached in Brussels in the early hours of the morning, will see the days many fishermen are allowed to go to sea again being cut.
Scottish Fisheries Minister Ross Finnie said he believed it was the best deal available [...]

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Sinn Féin is to hold its first-ever meeting with the Scottish National Party at Holyrood today.
A spokesman for Sinn Féin confirmed that Upper Bann Assembly member John O’Dowd will lead a delegation to the Scottish Parliament for a round of meetings with MSPs, including the first-ever talks with the SNP.
Talks have also been scheduled with [...]

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The outcome of the trail against the leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, and his assistant, Mark Collett; was a great and maybe somewhat unexpected victory for free speech. The fact that the jury reached a not guilty verdict on all charges, for Nick Griffin and for Mark Collett, so quickly and unanimously can be [...]

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