Orcadian Column, 9 May 2024
As the Scottish Parliament elects a third First Minister in 14 months, it seems we’re o’er blessed to live in interesting times.
As the Scottish Parliament elects a third First Minister in 14 months, it seems we’re o’er blessed to live in interesting times.
When it comes to the “worst week since becoming First Minister”, Humza Yousaf has set the bar impressively high bar. Even so, last week put in what felt like a Personal Best performance.
After a few days off, I began this week working remotely from the Graemsay ‘office’. Island ‘hopping’ remains one of the undiluted pleasures of representing Orkney, particularly when the wind drops and the sun comes out, as was the case on Monday.
I can’t recall being at the centre of a media scrum before, but with my bill on Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults being formally introduced to parliament this week, I have my metaphorical gumshield and scrum cap at the ready.
High up in the atrium at KGS, the voices of the Orkney Rocks choir were ringing out last Saturday morning. Music full of joy enough to lift the soul, although in some senses it felt at odds with the nature of the event I was there to attend.
All credit to the team at Radio Orkney for their fine tribute to Dave Gray last Friday morning, following his sudden and untimely death earlier in the week. I’m really not sure how they managed to hold it together while recording.