Scottish Gaelic

Devolution started when the Scottish Act 1998 is introduced and created Scottish Executive and the Scottish Parliament. Additionally, the Government of the Wales Act 1998 created Welsh Assembly, which has few powers than the Scottish Parliament. Northern Ireland Assembly created by the 1998 ‘Belfast Agreement’ also known as the ‘Good Friday Agreement’. The Assembly has been suspended a number of times but came back into power in May 2007. The Scottish Executive and Scottish Parliament have…

Why do people vote for the SNP? The last few decades have seen an unprecedented boom in the Scottish National Party (SNP), originally a relatively unimportant minor party pursuing the dream of independence for Scotland, which has changed Scottish and British politics forever. This has been a prominent issue challenging journalists, researchers, political commentators and certainly other major parties for the last decade or so, provoking a seemingly simple though entirely complex and certainly…

What is the Current Scottish Legal Aid Policy? Legal aid in Scotland is the responsibility of the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB), an institutional body created by the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (Scottish Legal Aid Board, 2016). The actions of SLAB are consistent and stable but the Scottish government decides the aims of legal aid policy and the Scottish Parliament can implement legislative changes to the policy (Edinburgh & Scottish Legal Aid Board, 2016). The Scottish Legal Aid Board…

When assessing as to whether there are sufficient measures of accountability for the executive, it first must be taken into consideration what a good standard of accountability is. According to Gregory and Hicks, the method of accountability should be mechanistic and not one followed simply by rules and procedures. O’Loughlin on the other hand interjects that there is a need of responsiveness by the government to local needs and demands and the members of the public are customers that enforce…

Scotland V.S. Canada Every year, my family and I go to Scotland for 2 weeks, and every year I have an amazing Scottish soda named Irn Bru. The soda tastes amazing, and I always feel happy after having some. Irn Bru was made in Scotland in 1901 by a company named Barr. Barr makes many great tasting sodas, they make many types. Ex: crème soda, lemonade, limeade. Etc. whenever I go to Scotland that is the first thing I would want to have. When I’m in Scotland, I would also want to get chocolate…

In 2015 over 2,800 children in Scotland were found to be needing protection from some form of abuse. The named person scheme aims to prevent this. The Scottish government says that a named person will be someone who will be there for parents and their children when they need help and do not know where to go. A named person will usually be a health visitor for a pre-school child and a head teacher or guidance teacher for a child of school age. The scheme was created with the aim of overseeing…

OVERVIEW The article aimed at reviewing and finds a solution for the impact created by traumas, tensions and trends in the federalism and intergovernmental relations. Furthermore, all these developed a deep tension between these two great governmental agencies. Where September 11 raises a fascinating issue for homeland security as well as the states’ fiscal crises. Therefore, also providing some sufficient description of the analytical prediction events that offer practical advice to the…

with an aptitude to numbers.” Jamie’s extra-curricular pursuits included karate, involvement with the Boys Bri-gade at Ardeer, and naturally football. At the end of his primary schooling, Jamie was streamed into a football school, sponsored by the Scottish Football Association, which runs parallel to his academic studies. At the time of writing, he plays amateur football with a Kilmarnock side, Bonny-ton Thistle Football Club, and has his sights set on progressing to univer-sity. According to…

Scots Gaelic Separately, Scots and Gaelic are two distinct languages, but Scots Gaelic is a completely different language on its own (Hahn 1999). The language family that Scots or Scottish Gaelic descends from is the Indo-European language family, being further defined in the sub-branch of Celtic languages (Ager 2015). There are two main types of Gaelic, Irish and Scottish, which are mutually intelligible. As the names might suggest, Irish Gaelic is largely spoken in Ireland while Scottish…

Scottish Culture The Scottish culture is very unique and interesting. Although there are many stereotypes about the Scottish culture, their food, clothing, behavior, the list could go on forever, but in all reality all scots are very different (Koranki). The Scottish culture consists of many old and less practiced traditions, but also some more modern traditions. The Scottish are most commonly known for their clothing style and their food and drink, but are also less commonly known for their…