Who Are The Scottish Executive?
The government ministers who run Scotland are known as the Scottish Executive – but most people in Scotland don’t know who they are. According to a survey by the Scotsman newspaper only 55% recognised and knew the name of the First Minister, Jack McConnell (pictured here). His deputy and leader of the Liberal Democrat Party in Scotland (Jim Wallace) was recognised by only 32% of those responding to the survey. After that, recognition drops dramatically, with only 10% knowing the identities of Malcolm Chisholm (health minister), Ross Finnie (environment) and Cathy Jamieson (justice minister). But only 1% knew Andy Kerr the finance minister while 4% recognised Frank McAveety, the minister for tourism. Strategy Report Calls for More Fishing Fleet Cuts A report by a strategy unit set up by the UK government into the future of the fishing industry has concluded that there is a long-tem future – but only if 30% of the UK white fish fleet is tied up for four years and at least another 13% scr
