When the Prime Minister and the Chancellor flew to Aberdeen to meet with the bosses of the UK oil industry, Gordon Brown tried to deflect attention from high fuel taxes as the cause for the current fuel price crisis. Instead, he tried to focus attention on fuel supply as the real cause. Read More...

We have become used to the slow pace of critical infrastructure development in Aberdeen City and Shire. After what seems like a painfully long wait there is yet another consultation on the Haudagain fiasco, that is the critical junction of the A90 North and South, with the A96 and Great Northern Road into the city centre.
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News that average speed cameras may come to the North East, causes concern. It's not that I have any desire to flout the speed limits. I just think that the best place for our eyes to focus, as drivers, is on the road.... not on our speedometers! Read More...

After colleagues repeatedly telling me that the sensible way to attend meetings in Edinburgh was to take the train, I eventually decided to take the hint, encouraged by the thought of battling with rush hour traffic to get over the Forth Bridge. But I was in for a shock. Read More...