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What we do is dictated by events that go on around us; I say with the best will in the world that that is true of everything that we try to do.The situation is a wee bit like the winter shutdown in football: every team wanted it, but when they got it people said that they did not want it any more because it was making the leagues lose money.
I was awoken this morning by the sound of Dr Murray speaking in my ear—not because she was in my house, but because she was on the local radio—saying how strongly she felt and that she very much hoped that VisitScotland was not using Dumfries and Galloway Tourist Board as a political football in an attempt to leverage more funds from the Scottish Executive....
I would be the first to admit that a Mason-Dixon line separates Ayrshire from the rest of Scotland, particularly in the field of football—long may that continue. Jamie McGrigor's presence at this meeting proves that the matter that we are dealing with is of national—indeed, of international—importance.
I cannot give details of the package, but I am sure that golf and football fans will be pleased. We have committed £5 million to transport for key priorities such as making roads safer for our children.
Although I do not want to go into all the details of the response, members will see that some of the concerns raised by the petitioners have been dealt with by South Lanarkshire Council, which has made the following conditions of sale: the retention of the existing woodland and tree belt; the establishment within the site of a new seven-a-side football pitc...
No.The issue is far too important to become a political football. For too long, the subject of special educational needs has been placed on the sidelines of the British political debate.
Does the minister agree that the orchestrated carping that is coming from SNP members, who want the NHS to fail so that they can use it as a political football, and from Conservative members, who want to privatise it, is extremely disappointing?
Holding four elections on the same day would be asking for trouble that would make the recent difficulties over football admissions in Glasgow look insignificant.
It is small wonder that far too many of our people are apathetic and cynical and have turned their back on the democratic process when they witness the cavalier, self-seeking behaviour that has characterised the ill-fated project from the outset.
That court would be entitled to make an order only if it was satisfied that the landlord's behaviour was effectively triggered by the bill and designed to circumvent the Parliament's avowed intentions.