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Towards independence | Mike Small

Despite wishful thinking from some areas, there's good reason to believe a referendum on Scottish independence will take placeThe SNP has begun its attempt to break up Great Britain by bringing forward...

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Sweet sixteen | Mike Small

The Scots are right to allow young people to vote on Scottish independence – it's time to lower the voting age to sixteenThe constitutional question of suffrage for young people is becoming important...

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Rangers' demise might not be such a bad thing | Mike Small

The club's slide into administration could help rid Scottish football of ritualised bigotry and intergenerational hatredRangers are a quintessentially British institution. This is the Queen's XI. Their...

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The Donald Trump wind turbine fiasco could be defining for Scotland | Mike Small

Trump's toupee-raising apoplexy about a windfarm near his golf course should help politicians get their priorities rightWe all have different priorities in life. But how many of us are moved to...

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Tony Blair to keep Scotland in the union? Labour must be in denial | Mike Small

That Blair will play a role in the campaign against independence fails to recognise his inability to comprehend Scottish politicsTony Blair's considerable political skills have been put to great use...

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The BBC's Queen's jubilee propaganda failed in Scotland | Mike Small

Broadcasting a summer bonanza of Britishness may reinforce rather than break down cultural difference in ScotlandThe jubilee feels very different depending where you are in Britain. Ian Bell,...

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'Rangers' starting in the lowest league is a victory for fans over an inept...

A grassroots network has exposed the connivances at the top of the game. Now's our chance to rebuild Scottish footballIt's worth getting a few things straight before kick-off. This isn't about...

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So, the Olympics has put out the flame of Scottish independence? Hardly |...

The collapse in British identity witnessed over the past 30 years will not be vanquished by some strong sculling at Eton DorneyThe London Olympics has been a triumph for unionists, and a disaster for...

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A bad harvest, rising prices … isn't it time to change the way food is done?...

We need to face up to the reality of climate change's effects on food production and let the era of big farming come to an endHave you been wondering why your gardening has been a disaster this year?...

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How does Scotland's referendum fit into David Cameron's EU plans? | Mike Small

Cameron is arguing that the Scots risk losing their European credentials – while he simultaneously jeopardises the UK'sAs David Cameron stood up for prime minister's question time this week he would...

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Nigel Farage's Scottish hounding was an antidote to fawning media treatment |...

Had the media focused more on Ukip's policies, Farage might not have believed his hype and made such a blunder in ScotlandThursday's confrontation between Nigel Farage and Scottish protesters has led...

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The Edinburgh festival's attempt to keep politics out in 2014 is farcical |...

With the Scottish independence referendum looming, any attempt to artificially separate art and politics is likely to failOn Monday the Scottish Independence Convention hosted the first major Scottish...

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An independent Scotland in every sense | Mike Small

Scotland's Yes campaign is not limited to the SNP's vision. There is a radical alternative emergingApparently the decision to launch the Scottish government's much-anticipated white paper on...

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Scottish independence white paper: panel verdict

Our panellists dissect the independence white paper and offer their verdicts on its key pointsThe challenge for the SNP today was to try to sell the idea that under independence things would somehow be...

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Who better to convince Scots to reject independence than English celebrities?...

The Better Together campaign may be growing desperate, but the least it could do is find Scottish C-listers to support itWhen The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright was paid £7,000 to flick the switch...

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Scottish independence: 5 reasons yes is winning | Mike Small

There's been an eight-point shift in the polls: how can it have happened, when the odds seemed so stacked against yes?None of this is supposed to be happening at all. Better Together is supported by...

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Scottish no voters have every reason to feel let down since the referendum |...

Labour’s woes are the least of Scotland’s concerns right now. The famous silent majority of no voters is hushed and somnolentNicola Sturgeon began a national roadshow in Edinburgh this week, with...

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With Labour in disarray, the SNP is the de facto opposition of the UK...

The party’s 56 MPs are a force to be celebrated. But to be effective they will have to make alliances – without being absorbed into the Westminster machineAs the New Labour undead descend on the...

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It’s not just Scotland’s schools. The whole PFI racket is crumbling | Mike Small

The scandal of Edinburgh’s unsafe schools is the last gasp of a discredited model of public finance, forced on us by a tax-avoiding governing classThe Acronym Soup can get confusing. PPP, PFI, NPD–...

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How do Scots feel about having another independence referendum, post-Brexit?...

Nicola Sturgeon appears to be gearing up for another independence referendum for Scotland. Is that what the country needs? Three Scottish writers give their verdictsIt seems the SNP’s definition of...

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