A deeply divided Scotland will be the result of a No vote
Better Together’s Campaign Director, Blair McDougall, wrote something rather odd on their blog (thanks to Newsnet Scotland for the link):
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To vote Yes is to vote against xenophobia
Lots of commentators — mainly, but not exclusively, based south of the border — seem to have got into their
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Will Scotland be a lucky country?
A while ago the psychologist Richard Wiseman did some research into luck, in particular why some people seem to be
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When is a UDI not a UDI?
The Edinburgh Agreement states that both governments must respect the result of the referendum: The two governments are committed to
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Fisking Lord Robertson’s cataclysmic speech
I thought I would do a quick fisk of Lord Robertson’s Brookings speech. The following is based on the partial
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English newspapers in an independent Scotland
When I moved to Scotland twelve years ago, I had to find myself a daily newspaper to read. I tried
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Unexpected anger
I used to think that Coulport/Faslane would be an amazing negotiating chip in the independence negotiations with Westminster. The Guardian’s
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