Might I make a plea to those who usually ignore what I write about Scotland, and suggest what follows is of universal UK appeal, and
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Labour is not unassailable
Amongst the many false assumptions that Labour is working on would seem to be the one that suggests that it will sweep back to office
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Question of the day: which country will leave the UK first?
I have long felt that the UK has little future. Whatever once held the four very disparate countries* within it together will not, I think,
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Viewpoint: It’s Scotland’s pound, and we’re keeping it
John Warren was recently asked by a commentator on this blog to explain his opinion on what he sees as the deeply embedded Scottish attachment
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938,000
I got a rather excited text from a Debate Night producer yesterday, drawing my attention to this tweet: The critical number is on the bottom line.
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Scottish bonds: a brave move that’s about thinking big
I recorded this in a single take on Tuesday evening. It was in The National yesterday, but I do not think it too late to
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Debate Night: the aftermath
I spent a long day yesterday getting back from Edinburgh. Storms blew train timetables asunder, but in fairness to the rail system, I got here,
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Scotland is a colony: the unionists need to face up to the fact
There was discussion on the SNP’s new strategy for independence on Debate Night last night. The BBC clipped this contribution from me: “Independence isn’t going
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The housing crisis: radical ways to address the issue
One of the questions on Debate Night was on the Edinburgh housing crisis (which is much the same as that in most big cities). The
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