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People's power in the independence battle

  By Ken Ferguson Of course the truth is that the UK is run by a parliament elected on undemocratic ...

Commentary | Sunday, 6 July 2014 | Comments

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Independence – Dare to dream Alex

  By Lesley Riddoch  I had a dream last night. The Rev. Martin Luther King first spoke those words in Detroit ...

Commentary | Saturday, 5 July 2014 | Comments

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Blithering idiocies and the maturity of children

  By Paul Kavanagh  How do you respond to blithering idiocy without descending into idiocy yourself? It's a difficult question, ...

Commentary | Thursday, 3 July 2014 | Comments

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News – Scotland and International

Labour fantasy of how Union works

  By George Kerevan ON TUESDAY we got Labour’s Mark III devolution plan – or Mark IV if you include the abortive 1979 version. My point is not to denigrate Labour’s efforts. In fact, I think these latest fiscal proposals should be examined seriously and on merit. I merely observe that this is Labour’s latest offering – which suggests dissention and … Read More
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News in Brief

UK budget can’t hide continued cuts

Independence is the only way Scotland can properly create opportunities and secure the investment in public services and the economy … Read More

Full tax power discussions herald ‘great opportunity’, say SNP

Evidence given to a Scottish Government committee discussing the benefits of the country having full control over its own tax … Read More

£110 million youth funding

Minister for Youth Employment Angela Constance will highlight that the area qualifies for an allocation from the EU’s Youth Employment … Read More

Glasgow SNP group elect new leader

Glasgow City Council’s SNP Group today (Tuesday, the 18th of March) elected Councillor Susan Aitken as the new Leader of … Read More

PFI contract reviews to save £26 million

Plans to deliver £26 million savings across the 28 existing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects in NHS Scotland have been … Read More

Boost for Yes after Unison branch debate triumph

INDEPENDENCE campaigners have received another boost as a Unison trade union branch sided “positively with the Yes side”. Nation-wide branch Skills … Read More
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Drinks firm apology after ‘misleading’ minimum price attack

 

Drinks firm Whyte & Mackay has been forced to apologise after it emerged that figures it released attacking minimum pricing for alcohol were UK figures and not as had widely been believed Scottish figures.

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Debate Exclusion Wrong

 

Recent reports in the media have indicated that the leaders of the three main London parties have reached agreement with broadcasters BBC, SKY and ITV regarding the televised leaders debates for the forthcoming general election.

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Sex, Drugs and Rocks in a Bowl


It might not look like a typical title to start an article about bushcraft and survival. Hopefully it will become clearer as I write (unlike politics I may add)

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Electoral Commission highlights postal vote fraud concerns

 

An Electoral Commission report into the Glasgow North East by-election won by  Labour has highlighted weaknesses in the current system and suggested that there was increased potential for electoral fraud involving postal votes.

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Purcell – Labour under pressure to reveal what they knew.

 

The Labour party have been pressed to reveal what they knew about Steven Purcell’s drug use after newspaper reports claimed that senior officials from the party interviewed the disgraced former Glasgow Council Leader in July 2008.

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The Calcutta Cup: Never mind the quality – feel the passion

 

Tomorrow sees the latest instalment of one of history’s most enduring rivalries when Scotland and England take to the field at Murrayfield to contest the 2010 Calcutta cup.

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Murphy apologises for ‘bringing BNP into election’


In a quite extraordinary article in the online magazine theJC.com Secretary of State for Scotland Jim Murphy has admitted to having apologised to the Jewish community after his recent high profile utterances on the BNP.

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