The SNP would have won 221 seats in England and Wales
The SNP’s huge victory in the General Election saw some truly incredible swings. It made me wonder what would have
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Tories
Between Scylla and Charybdis
Lord Ashcroft’s 16 constituency polls today confirmed that the national opinion polls are correct (if anything, the swing is larger
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The decline of the Party of Necessity
Before the fall of the Iron Curtain, left-wing parties in Europe typically had left-wing policies, such as being in favour
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The Better Together Party
At the moment the front-runner to take over the leadership of Labour’s Scottish Branch Office appears to be Jim Murphy.
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The election of Juncker means we must vote Yes
It’s now certain that Jean-Claude Juncker will become President of the European Commission. The European Council (the heads of government
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Move to London if you want a promotion
I used to work in the Scottish branch of multinational corporation that — like so many others — has its
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What will happen to the Scottish political parties after independence?
The Scottish political scene is rather odd when compared to the political spectrum one tends to find in independent democratic
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