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Indyref postmortem I: What went wrong in Edinburgh and the North East?

19/01/201514/03/2017 thomas 67 Comments

I think it’s quite likely the next independence referendum will happen sooner rather than later, so it’s important to have

16/01/2015 thomas 5 Comments

Less than ten years ago, the Collins English Dictionary listed only the following senses of the word ‘Unionist’ (with a

07/01/201507/01/2015 thomas 18 Comments

When Jyllands-Posten published the now famous Mohammed cartoons back in 2005, I must admit I felt a bit annoyed. The

16/12/2014 thomas 8 Comments

Alea jacta est. Labour’s Scottish Branch Office has chosen Jim Murphy to lead it, and he in turn has chosen

13/12/2014 thomas 9 Comments

It’s just been announced that Jim Murphy has been elected leader of Labour’s Scottish Branch Office with a vote share

27/11/2014 thomas 14 Comments

One of the most ridiculed new powers proposed in the Smith Commission’s report today is about road traffic signs:: 66.

25/11/2014 thomas 8 Comments

According to Twitter, people are starting to look again at the rather low taxes that private schools have to pay.