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Cameron orders civil service to send Scotland to Coventry

February 9, 2012

By a Newsnet reporter

According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, senior Westminster civil servants are under instructions to freeze out their Scottish counterparts when they attend official meetings.

The order for Westminster civil servants to refrain from discussing the future of Scotland with senior Scottish civil servants is thought to have come directly from David Cameron’s office.

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SNP extends lead over Labour in polls

February 9, 2012

The SNP has stretched its lead over Labour in Holyrood polling to an unprecedented 26%.
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More Unanswered Questions from the SNP | maryfeemsp

February 9, 2012

In a question to the Scottish Government, Mary Fee MSP asked if it would be possible for an independent Scotland to re-join the United Kingdom if the majority of people demand it. The response by Bruce Crawford, SNP …
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SNP insists rUK Green Investment Bank should be located in …

February 8, 2012

Scottish Politics, SNP, Scottish Labour, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Greens, Scottish Liberal Democrats – Scottish political news. Home · All categories. Pages. Server Move February 2012. February 2012. M, T, W, T, F, S …
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Scotland’s economic future – a contested space

February 8, 2012

By Russell Bruce

There’s that old joke that if you ask 10 economists a question you will get 11 answers. If one thing is certain the numbers and opinions being bandied about by economists, think tanks and Uncle Tom Cobley and all is set to rise exponentially as the Independence Referendum gathers pace.

In the latest edition of the National Institute Economic Review there is an interesting article by Dr Angus Armstrong.

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SNP insists rUK Green Investment Bank should be located in …

February 8, 2012

What makes the argument particularly empty is the seeming unwillingness on the part of the SNP to directly address the elephant in the room about this decision, the fact that Scotland may well not be a part of the UK in a few …
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SNP insists rUK Green Investment Bank should be located in …

February 8, 2012

What makes the argument particularly empty is the seeming unwillingness on the part of the SNP to directly address the elephant in the room about this decision, the fact that Scotland may well not be a part of the UK in a few …
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How long will Scotland tolerate Billy Connolly’s jokes?

February 7, 2012

By Kenneth Roy

Suddenly, there is hope for us all. In one of the many disobliging ‘profiles’ of Billy Connolly following his walk-out in Scarborough and Blackpool, he is described as a man in late middle age. Mr Connolly is 69. If this now qualifies as late middle age, I’m going with the theory that the district nurse and Saga Tours won’t be troubling us until we have safely negotiated our 75th birthday and that a mid-life crisis is possible at 72. How exciting.

Actuarially, however, most people in Glasgow will miss their mid-life crisis because most people in Glasgow will be dead by 72. The few survivors will be left to pay for the Commonwealth Games until the moderately old age of 130.

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Unionists manipulate Salmond remarks in attempt at diverting attention from BBC Censorship scandal

February 7, 2012

By G.A.Ponsonby
 
Unionist politicians and their allies in the media have today mounted a concerted campaign against First Minister Alex Salmond following a row over the BBC’s refusal to allow the SNP leader to appear on a rugby programme.
 
The attacks on Mr Salmond are based on comments he made where he compared the BBC’s London based political adviser Ric Bailey to a ‘Gauleiter’, a term used to describe someone who behaves in a petty and authoritarian manner.

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The SNP shouldn't have a monopoly on visions of independence …

February 7, 2012

It is, of course, important that civic Scotland is engaged in the debate at all levels, but I am concerned that on the side of independence the SNP dominates, threatening to stifle all debate. It is right that the SNP, which has …
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