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	First Minister of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Minister (Prìomh Mhinistear in Scottish Gaelic; First Meinister in Scots) is the leader of Scotland's national devolved government, the Scottish Executive, which was established in 1999 along with the devolved Scottish Parliament.
		The First Minister is responsible to the Scottish Parliament for his/her actions and the actions of the executive.
		Bute House in Edinburgh's Charlotte Square is the official residence of the First Minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland (242 words)

	Scottish Executive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Scottish Executive is currently formed from a coalition between the Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
		The civil service is a matter reserved to the UK government, rather than devolved to the Scottish Parliament: Scottish Executive civil servants work within the rules and customs of the United Kingdom civil service, but "owe their loyalty to the devolved administration rather than the UK government" [2].
		The Coat of Arms of the Scottish Executive was adapted from the Royal Arms, but without the motto, the helm, the mantling, the crest, the war-cry above the crest, and the flags of Scotland and of England carried by the supporters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Government (870 words)

	DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER OF SCOTLAND : Encyclopedia Entry
		The Deputy First Minister of Scotland is the deputy to the First Minister of Scotland.
		The post is not recognised in statute (in comparison with the post of First Minister which is established by the Scotland Act 1998), and its holder is simply an ordinary member of the Scottish Executive, but the post has existed in practice since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive in 1999.
		The First Minister is appointed from the majority coalition partner (Labour) and the Deputy First Minister from the minority partner (Liberal Democrats).
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Scotland (193 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually serve in the military, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks.
		She was the first British monarch since the Act of Union in 1801 to be out of the country at the moment of succession.
		The shield is quartered, depicting in the first and fourth quarters the three lions passant guardant of England; in the second, the rampant lion and double tressure fleury-counter-fleury of Scotland; and in the third, a harp for Ireland.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom (6156 words)

	First Minister's Scottish Executive failings
		The main thing the First Minister's Scottish Executive has executed is a death sentence for the life chances of most Scots for the first four years of the Scottish Parliament.
		Therefore, the Scottish Executive has concentrated on clearing up and whitewashing the ongoing death, disaster and missed opportunities consequential to their essentially do-nothing policies.
		This Scottish Executive is NOT for those who labour, it is NOT liberal and it is NOT democratic.
	www.geocities.com /scotpeterdow0/scottishexecutivefailings.htm (480 words)

	Politics \| Scottish first minister resigns
		The shock news of his resignation was broken this morning to members of the Scottish parliament and confirmed in a letter from Mr McLeish to the parliament's presiding officer, Sir David Steel.
		The first minister had defended his actions yesterday to his fellow Labour MSPs and had been expected to repeat this in a no-confidence debate in the Scottish parliament this afternoon.
		Jim Wallace, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Scottish parliament, also acted as first minister in the run-up to and in the wake of Mr Dewar's death.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4294753-107939,00.html (895 words)

	Guardian \| D-Day u-turn for Scottish first minister
		Scotland's first minister, Jack McConnell, was forced into an embarrassing u-turn over his plans to miss the D-Day memorial service in Normandy so that he could attend a golf club dinner.
		"There is nothing more important to me as first minister of Scotland than the credibility and the reputation of devolution of our government and of Scotland," he said.
		Less than two hours earlier, the first minister had defended the move on the grounds that Scotland was being represented by the finance minister Andy Kerr, as well as by the prime minister, representing the UK.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4939851-103690,00.html (513 words)

	Scottish first minister hits back in adoption row \| Headlines \| News \| Gay.com UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		With many Catholic leaders are still stinging from the Scottish Executive’s decision to back civil partnerships, they see the adoption changes as a way of demeaning family life.
		"The courts must be satisfied that the relationship between the proposed adoptive parents is permanent and stable," said the first minister.
		"The first minister was asked to be the children's champion and drop this bill.
	uk.gay.com /headlines/9817 (422 words)

	Scottish Affairs, E. Bort & C. Harvie; After the Albatross (online article)
		(1) Over the first term of the Scottish Parliament, its slow progress and escalating cost hung like another poet's symbol, Coleridge's albatross, around the neck of the new Scottish politics, made heavier by part of the media which was only too willing to load it on to their anti-devolution polemic.
		The Scottish Socialist Party, led by the eloquent Tommy Sheridan, 'the man with the tan' (non-smoking, non-drinking, but with an addiction to sunbeds: his recognition factor almost as good as McConnell's) was reaching 10% in some polls and possibly 22% in the Glasgow area (on 1 May it actually got nearly 16% in Glasgow).
		The decline in voter turnout (from 59 to 49% between 1999 and 2003) is an indication of the disappointment of the Scottish electorate with the results of the new politics in terms of industrial regeneration, combating poverty and addressing infrastructure deficits.
	www.scottishaffairs.org /onlinepub/sa/bort_harvie_sa50_wint05.html (4204 words)

	Scottish Blog - July 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Scottish history is full of Scots like John Napier, who have made incredible contributions in their field of study, and who are unfortunately, next to unknown outside those chosen circles.
		The agreement and the mutual trust and respect that was needed to uphold the treaty, was endorsed by the marriage of, Edward, the son of the Scottish monarch and King Phillip’s niece.
		This article on Scottish history is part of a series and as such, it is written under the assumption that you have read the previous entries about history of Scotland.
	www.scottish-heirloom.com /scottish-blog/index.php/2006/07 (3618 words)

	pressrelease.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The First Minister, Professor Devine, and University of Guelph Scottish Studies Foundation Chair, Professor Graeme Morton, will remain on campus to give talks in the Rozanski Hall, Room 103, at 2.30pm to which members of the public are invited.
		He was a member of the Scottish Constitutional Convention (1989-98) and was appointed as Labour's environmental affairs spokesperson for the 1999 Scottish election where he was returned as MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw.
		He has won all three major prizes for Scottish historical research, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy (limited to 25 scholars world-wide) and a Fellow of the British Academy, one of only five historians of Scotland elected FBA in the last hundred years.
	www.scottishstudies.ca /PressRelease.htm (697 words)

	Speech by the First Minister to Scottish Conference
		Scottish schools were at breaking point, youngsters had little ambition, and mass unemployment gave them little hope for the future.
		To put victims first, and ensure the offender faces up properly to the consequences of their action.
		For too many Scottish kids, the capacity of their parents to provide them with the care they need is severely compromised by addiction.
	www.scottishlabour.org.uk /fmconf06speech (2404 words)

	Scottish Freedom - News Diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The First Minister was the main exponent of devolution even when it wasn't fashionable in the Labour Party and his own personal involvement as Scottish Secretary in 1997 paved the way for a referendum and the creation of a devolved Scottish Parliament.
		The First Minister and his Executive were facing calls to admit the true cost of the new Scottish Parliament building.
		The Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament announced that the Scottish By-election in the Ayr constituency was to be held on Thursday March 16th - Labour won the seat by 25 votes from the Conservatives in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election.
	website.lineone.net /~scottishfreedom/menudiary.html (3482 words)

	Celtia.info > Scottish First Minister's address at the Trinity College, September 29th, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The first question came from a gentleman, apparently a pillar of respectability, whose question to the SNP candidate was that he understood that in an independent Scotland there would be nothing to stop the Prime Minister being a Catholic and what was she prepared to do to combat this very obvious danger.
		First and most obviously there is the Gaelic tradition which has had and still has so great an influence - a culture which once covered much of Scotland.
		In 1884 the Scottish Office was founded, brought in by the Tories in the unlikely human form of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon.
	www.celtia.info /culture/government/ireland-scotland-2000.html (4699 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Society \| Forgive and forget?
		Scotland's first minister has apologised to sufferers of child abuse and there is pressure on England to do the same.
		The Scottish first minister, Jack McConnell, last week stood up in the Scottish parliament and issued a "sincere and full" apology on behalf of the people of Scotland to the victims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse in children's homes.
		The shrewd distinction was crafted to protect ministers from potential legal action by around 1,000 Scots who alleged that they suffered abuse in children's homes, some as long ago as the 1940s.
	society.guardian.co.uk /children/story/0,1074,1368405,00.html (1013 words)

	RTE News - McLeish voted as Scottish First Minister
		The Scottish Labour Party has chosen Henry McLeish to succeed the late Donald Dewar as First Minister.
		The Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Minister will take up an interim role as First Minister to satisfy a ruling that the fledgling Edinburgh Parliament cannot be leaderless for more than 28 days.
		He will be confirmed as First Minister by the Scottish Parliament next week.
	www.rte.ie /news/2000/1021/dewar.html (145 words)

	BBC News \| UK Politics \| Dewar appointed as first minister
		The Scottish Labour leader received the royal warrant of appointment from the Queen at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, her official Edinburgh residence.
		In contrast to the appointment of the UK prime minister, who goes to see the Queen at Buckingham Palace, the Queen travelled north to receive her chief minister in Scotland.
		The pair were first appointed to the positions in May 1997 and, with their responsibilities in Scottish law now devolved, were viewed as automatic choices for positions as the new executive's law officers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/345189.stm (490 words)

	The First Minister's Diary
		Focus group feedback was that the names should appeal to the sophisticated international destination tourist, the executive traveller with a broad grasp of international business affairs and to the aspirational traveller seeking to identify with successful destinations.
		There was a further recommendation that all Scottish airports should carry a single unified brand in order to sustain the image of a modern and successful Scotland.
		The Scottish Labour Party is absolutely delighted to announce that, notwithstanding the very poor decision not to appoint my good pal Charan Gill, it has decided upon a candidate to replace the curtain raiser (fire) Mike Watson in the forthcoming Glasgow Cathcart by-election.
	firstfoot.com /php/b2evolution/blogs (974 words)

	Who we are: The Mammal Society
		Open letter to the Scottish First Minister regarding the decision not to grant a licence for the re-introduction of the beaver.
		The Mammal Society is extremely disappointed with Scottish Minister’s decision not to grant a licence to SNH for a trial re-introduction of the European Beaver.
		We feel that the reasons Scottish Ministers outlined for refusing the licence are bureaucratic reasons, that they are based on the self-interest of a few and that they deny democracy to the rest of the Scottish population..
	www.abdn.ac.uk /mammal/first_minister_letter.shtml (506 words)

	Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell agrees to a nationwide cull of neds. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell agrees to a nationwide cull of neds.
		Jack has for years ignored the pleas of Scottish people, who find the ned problem to be almost beyond control, saying "I live in a rich area and to be perfectly honest I couldn't give a damn about poor people.
		In today's First Minister's Question Time at Holyrood, Jack, surrounded by the Scottish Shutzstaffel (his personal bodyguards), drew up plans to start a nationwide cull of all neds and anybody who wears a hood and disrespects his "authorotah".
	i-newswire.com /goprint53258.html (603 words)

	PM - Scotland mourns death of first minister
		Known as the 'Father of Devolution', Dewar was the country's first First Minister after he shepherded through the legislation that created a measure of autonomy from the Westminster Government.
		Before he was Scottish First Minister, Donald Dewar was for many years a senior and trusted colleague of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
		He gave Scotland the chance to forge a new and better relationship with the rest of the UK and the Scottish Parliament is his achievement.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s198845.htm (828 words)

	edie news centre - Scottish First Minister calls for an increase in sustainable development
		Scotland’s First Minister, Jack McConnell, has called for environmental justice for the poor in a speech to a conference this week in Edinburgh.
		Talking about sustainable development for the first time in a major speech, McConnell said: “The gap between the haves and have-nots is not just an economic issue - improving quality of life demands environmental justice too.
		Friends of the Earth Scotland praised the speech as the “most significant environment speech by a Scottish politician in the past decade”.
	www.edie.net /news/news_story.asp?id=5208 (465 words)

	UNICEF - Policy advocacy and partnerships for children's rights - Scotland: C8 Children’s Forum draws to a close amid ...
		Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell attended the C8 Children’s Forum in Dunblane, Scotland.
		Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell attended their summit.
		And our aim at UNICEF is to try to get that manifesto to Gleneagles." As the summit drew to a close, First Minister McConnell told the children he would make sure the G8 leaders were made aware of their concerns.
	www.unicef.org /policyanalysis/index_27569.html (501 words)

	Christian Today > Christian News, Updated Daily > Anger as Scotland’s First Minister Refuses to Join Gay Adoption ...
		The Bishop of Motherwell and the first minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell, are once again at loggerheads over gay adoption in Scotland after the first minister's refusal to join in a radion debate on the issue.
		The Scottish first minister was invited to engage in the discussion following fierce criticism against the Scottish Executive that it was simply pandering to politically correct corners by pushing ahead with the Adoption (Scotland) Bill.
		A spokesman for Mr McConnell explained that the first minister was unable to join in the debate due to a full diary.
	www.christiantoday.com /news/society/anger.as.scotlands.first.minister.refuses.to.join.gay.adoption.debate/851.htm (786 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Scottish first minister appoints new cabinet
		Scotland's first minister, Jack McConnell, unveiled his cabinet yesterday with a promise to restore public confidence in devolution.
		The former education minister, Cathy Jamieson, becomes justice minister, responsible for overseeing the Labour youth crime initiative, which would penalise the parents of persistent young offenders.
		The finance minister, Andy Kerr, an ally of Mr McConnell, retains his brief, but Mike Watson has lost his job as minister for tourism.
	www.guardian.co.uk /guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,960231,00.html (330 words)

	Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She is the first Queen Regnant in Scotland to bear this name but bears the numeral II thoughout her realms.
		Her Majesty's first public engagement was in 1942 when she inspected the Grenadier Guards on her 16th birthday.
		When Margaret Thatcher, who was known to hold pro-Ian Smith views, became prime minister, it was feared that those contacts might be scaled back, but according to one Thatcher cabinet minister, an "intoxicating mix" of the Queen and Thatcher's Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington kept her attached to the process developed by the previous Labour government.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom (2311 words)

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