Thursday, 29 March 2012 23:53

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By G.A.Ponsonby

The Labour party may have damaged its relationship with several leading newspapers over its distribution of a press release containing details of its complaint after First Minister Alex Salmond shared a cup of tea with Scottish Lottery winners Chris and Colin Weir.

Newsnet Scotland has learned that some journalists are furious after their newspapers were omitted from a list of those notified by Labour of their ‘tea party’ complaint.

Thursday, 29 March 2012 23:08

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By Angela Miller

The main theme at FMQs was that of education, with both Johann Lamont and Ruth Davidson combining to attack the First Minister on the Curriculum for Excellence and Scottish Education as a whole.  

It began with an encouraging statement from the First Minister that Scotland had surpassed its 31% renewables target for 2011 and was in fact generating 35% of its energy requirements from renewables.  He added that this was an extraordinary achievement for Scotland.

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 21:50

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By Jack Thomson

In a boost to the claim of the Scottish Government that an independent Scotland would accede to EU membership without encountering opposition, a senior research fellow at the London School of Economics, has published an article showing that Scotland would face little opposition to EU membership from existing member states and its membership would not be vetoed, as has been claimed by a number of anti-independence campaigners.