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Christopher Harvie: Most Scots had no say in Union 300 years ago

February 9, 2012

ACCORDING to Neil Oliver, the referendum will be the biggest decision in 300 years. I wonder. In 1707-15, as far as the mass of Scots were concerned, there was no decision.

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Allan Massie: Beware resorting to scoundrelly patriotism

February 8, 2012

Both sides of the referendum debate would do well to heed the good doctor’s famous warning, writes Allan Massie

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Another Libya-style mission may prove impossible for UK military warn MPs

February 8, 2012

Britain could struggle to mount another military operation on the scale of the intervention in Libya, MPs warned yesterday.

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Joan McAlpine: BBC badly needs to raise its game in Scotland

February 7, 2012

The corporation’s decision to kick Alex Salmond into touch raises questions about its ability to cover Scottish affairs properly

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David Maddox: Interesting timing from Miliband senior

February 7, 2012

IT SEEMS odd that David Miliband should choose this time to re-emerge from the shadows where he went to hide after narrowly losing to his brother Ed in the Labour leadership contest.

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John McLellan: Lack of cash keeps BBC reluctant to devolve its news

February 6, 2012

The corporation has the technology, but not the will, writes the editor of The Scotsman

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Scottish independence: SNP defends plans to give native EU nationals vote over ex-pat Scots

February 6, 2012

JOHN Swinney has defended plans to give up to 60,000 EU nationals living in Scotland a vote in the independence referendum.

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Salmond calls BBC ‘tin-pot dictators’

February 5, 2012

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has accused the BBC of acting like a “tin-pot dictatorship” and questioned its impartiality after being dropped from a BBC Six Nations panel at Murrayfield.

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Church of England doubles investment with under-fire hedge funds

February 5, 2012

THE Church of England has more than doubled the amount of cash its multi-billion pound endowment has invested in hedge funds, it emerged yesterday.

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Calls to back eco bank bid

February 4, 2012

NEW Energy Secretary Ed Davey is being urged to back Edinburgh’s case to host the new UK Green Investment Bank.

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