Scottish Borders

Short Story Once in a small cottage deep in a thickly overgrown forest there was a young boy who lived with his mother, his father and his elder sisters, two of the most beautiful girls in the whole of Ireland. This forest was different to the many others that form a blanket over this enchanted land. The young boy often quarrelled with his sisters and felt that their talents overshadowed

The Selkie swam into his undersea cave that contained his human clothing. Last evening he’d had a vision he would find his life mate in the area above the sea caves. He needed to find her as his vision was too strong to disregard. She was a well-built sturdy young Scot lass with sparkling green eyes and long dark auburn hair which flowed to her waist. He had seen her in his dream, dancing at the local Highland Gathering. The young woman in his dreams was Mackenzie Sutherland’s destiny. He

Currently in Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is the largest party in the country, with two medium parties which are the Scottish Conservatives and Unionist Party along with the Scottish Labour Party. Moreover, the shape in which the Scottish Parliament was designed is to promote consensus and grown up debate rather than the set-up of Westminster as it a confrontational style of politics. There are also two smaller parties which are the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

referendumss? Discuss. A referendum is a form of direct democracy that involves a public vote on a single issue of public policy. It is a way of presenting a debated issue to public decision. The most recent referendum was in the UK; the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum which asked the question whether Scotland should break away from the UK or not. There are a variety of arguments both for and against the wider use of referendum in the UK. The use was greatly favoured by Tony Blair and

The Authority of Religious Elites in the 1640s Witch-Hunts The large-scale witch-hunts that occurred from 1638 to 1651 gathered momentum via major happenings in the political, societal, and religious domains developing at the time. Individuals who had either political, religious or economic power in society, also known as elites, together had absolute control over the pursuit and prosecution of individuals who partook in witchcraft. The clergy played a crucial role in the witchcraft prosecutions

justice with equal distribution of opportunity, income and wealth achieved through respective policies in the politics, economy and social welfare (Craig, 2002). Scottish Parliament, after devolution in 1999, gained remarkable opportunity to pass their own laws and implement new policies and necessary changes. At the time of devolution, Scottish society was suffering from the rise of poverty, especially child poverty, poor health, nonsuited housing and social exclusion, but also inequalities in regard

forever however as after many years the Treaty of the Union was introduced in 1707. This was essentially the agreement between Scotland and England to establish Westminster as the main political hub of power at Westminster in London and after the Scottish Parliament being effectively dissolved on the 28th of April 1707 what is now known

1. The MP for my area is Gavin Newlands. The MSP for the constituency is George Adam. The MSP’s for the region are Neil Bibby, Mary Fee, Maurice Corry, Jamie Greene, Maurice Golden, Ross Greer and Kenneth Macintosh. 2. Gavin Newlands, who is the MP was elected under the First Past the post electoral system. The MSP’s were elected under PR system, called Additional Member System. 3. There are two types of electoral systems which are First Past the Post (FPTP) and Proportional Representation (PR)

which is the central authority, transfers some of its powers to the local authorities which are the Scottish parliament, the Northern Ireland parliament, the London Assembly and the National Assembly for Wales. The origin of Devolution can be traced to Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000). He is generally referred to as the ‘architect of Devolution’ as well as the ‘advocate for Scottish devolution’. And as such, he was elected Scotland’s first First minister in the 1999 election.

job opportunities than Scotland did. Letters from family members about higher wages in New Zealand Encouraged the Scots to emigrate over to New Zealand. Decision of pull factor there were much more opportunities elsewhere in the world for most scottish people like, for much more healthy environments, and a better lifestyle, and were many skilled and hard working people could earn better and more money, and because there was not enough money paying with their jobs at the time,most families would