Kenny MacAskill
Kenny MacAskill
Kenneth "Kenny" Wright MacAskillis a Scottish National Partypolitician who is a former Member of the Scottish Parliament1999−2016 and former Cabinet Secretary for Justice 2007−2014. He was MSP for the first four sessions of the Parliament, representing the Lothians region 1999−2007, then the constituency of Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 2007–11 and Edinburgh Eastern constituency 2011−16...
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This week the Executive had the opportunity to clamp down on this appalling situation but once again it failed to seize the opportunity. It is the citizens of Scotland that will suffer.
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Transparency is essential ... what we need now is the implementation of the commission's recommendations but they need to be matched by resources from the Executive.
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The presumption of innocence remains and protecting those offenders on the register from vigilantes is essential. However there must be a balance, as communities can have rights as well as individuals. Communities have the right to know who is within their midst that may be dangerous, in order to ensure the protection of our children.
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We have been lied to for a generation,
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Our message to the Scottish Diaspora this New Year should be to come home to Scotland.
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Ireland has already shown that you can attract people back home and their economy is now booming. We have to try to do the same here.
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These powers may appear Draconian, but when they are weighed against the hardship these people can cause, my sympathies are with the community, not the individual.