Politics

Today the SNP Government’s major childcare policy often known as the “named person” system was rejected in part by the UK Supreme Court, who found that some sections of the law were “incompatible” with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). News reporting of the issue so far has been incredibly sketchy and very few people have been able to accurately portray what the Supreme Court ruling actually means.  Here’s a few tweets though that sum up the situation very well from Andrew Tickell, a — Read more →

Happiness is something that everyone wants, it’s one of our most basic needs and can be the centre of a healthy and better life, but it’s something that can often be elusive. Just because something is elusive doesn’t mean that it’s not worth pursuing though, and that’s why happiness is being taken seriously though around the world, with Governments beginning to set out plans to improve their citizens’ wellbeing rather than simply focussing on tangible goals. The theory behind this is that by embracing the — Read more →