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Scotland Articles

A long three years until election day

The swagger and bluster of Scottish politics can sometimes make British politics look like a Jane Austen novel. It was therefore nice to see a sensitive and thoughtful debate break out at recent first minister’s questions when Johann Lamont brought up the case of a...
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No strange death here

There are two theories about the fate of the many Tory voters who used to roam freely across the plains of Scotland. The most common theory also happens to be the least persuasive: that during the last Major government, they had a Damascene conversion and chose to...
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Scottish workers at the heart of reform

Away from the single-issue pressure-group politics of the SNP’s referendum, the Scottish parliament is trying to continue with the matters which impact on people’s day-to-day lives. Public sector procurement is an unlikely bread and butter issue but it presents an...
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Northern and Southern Discomfort entwined

Labour in Scotland has a vested interest in Labour starting to win in the south. The outcome of the 2014 separation referendum could turn in large part on the perception of how well Labour is doing in the south and therefore the likelihood of a Labour government in...
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Scottish Labour in flux

Sep 13, 2011 |

The Scottish Labour party remains in flux. The way forward is coming into focus, but we need to face up to and address...