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Scotland in the EU

24/01/201225/01/2012 thomas 0 Comments

Flags Originally uploaded by itmpa Although some nationalists have at times hand-waved the problem away, I have for a long

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A Scottish currency board

15/01/201202/02/2012 thomas 1 Comment

Scottish five and ten pound notes Originally uploaded by HowardLake Several articles, such as this one in the Scotsman, have

NI referendum Westminster

Today the Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore, was making an announcement in the UK Parliament about giving the Scottish Parliament the right to call a referendum on independence, so long as they do it the way Westminster wanted and do it soon, when Salmond went on Sky News to announce that the referendum will take place in the autumn of 2014.

Salmond usually wins in situations like this, so I’m 99% certain that the referendum will indeed take place then.

Here are a couple of interesting blog postings from today, one about Salmond running rings around Cameron, and another about why the SNP are outgunning the Coalition.

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Nordic Horizons

10/12/201127/01/2012 thomas 0 Comments

The newspapers have recently been full of stories about how an independent Scotland will try to move closer to Scandinavia.

I think it started with this article in The Independent, which was their mostly commented article for days.

Then a journalist called Lesley Riddoch wrote this article in The Guardian, saying many of the same things but also drawing attention to her think tank and Facebook group, Nordic Horizons.