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You don’t get me I’m part of the union!

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By Iain Harrison

SCOTTISH taxpayers are paying more than £4 million a year for public sector staff to carry out trade union activities in work time.

It’s the equivalent to the salaries of nearly 150 staff. The news comes after we revealed last week that teachers taking time off for union-related work were costing local authorities £1 million.

Full story in The Sunday Post

Games for a laugh

By Rob McLaren

ROYAL watchers were out in force at the Braemar Gathering yesterday — and what a giggle it turned out to be.

Around 15,000 people flocked to the annual Highland Games event in Aberdeenshire.

Full story in The Sunday Post

Tough new laws demonise those who drink responsibly

By Iain Harrison and John Paul Breslin

SCOTS who drink responsibly are being demonised by over-protective doctors and politically correct policy-makers.

Retail groups claim campaigns to clamp down on alcohol misuse by fixing prices are discriminatory against most adults.

Full story in The Sunday Post

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Happiest days of our lives are different for us all 

By Rob McLaren

A NEW report suggested 54 is the start of a golden age when people become increasingly happy and content. 

People in the lead up to this age are fraught with worries, particularly about money.

Full story in The Sunday Post