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Michael Russell
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Hard Brexit threat to Scotland’s ferries and harbours
Documents show a hard Brexit from the European Union threatens the maintenance of Scotland's ageing ferry fleet and harbours vital for Scotland's island communities.
Alarm over Acetamiprid pesticide used on Scotland’s woods
Scotland’s forests are treated and sprayed every year with hundreds of kilograms of a toxic pesticide blamed for killing bees and butterflies, The Ferret can reveal.
Fergus Ewing should stop Michael Russell on pesticides, says leaked email
The rural minister, Fergus Ewing, should get his cabinet colleague, Michael Russell, to “draw in his horns” and stop trying to ban toxic pesticides, according to a leaked email.
Yes they can: taxpayers billed £23,000 for Obama dinner tickets
Taxpayer funded bodies paid up to £1,200 a head for staff and guests to attend an exclusive dinner with former US President Barack Obama.
Five-star hospitality for education advisers will ‘stun taxpayers’
Members of a Government advisory group have enjoyed five-star luxury at an exclusive Edinburgh hotel.