The currency issue: it’s not bullying and there are serious advantages
[Updated 20.00 below] Before supporters of an independent Scotland get seduced into easy accusations of’ the ‘bullying’ of Scotland by the UK, because all three main political parties have now agreed...
View ArticleUK constitutional reform: federalism, damage limitation and contingency planning
Its long tradition of muddling along makes it more likely that the United Kingdom will attempt a patch-up of an already rickety constitution about to get hit with the twin destructive pressures...
View ArticleWelcome initiative from Smith Commission on votes for 16 and 17 year olds
The Smith Commission is reported to be minded to recommend retaining the vote for 16 and 17 year olds, following their inclusion in the electorate, for the first time, in the Scottish Independence...
View ArticleBrown clueless in trying to swerve constitutional issues
Former Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown, has called for Scotland to ‘stop obsessing about constitutional issues’ and get on with developing the economic performance and the...
View ArticleWitless Cameron offers the impossible to protect the rest of the UK from...
During indyref 1 For Argyll said that it was the Union’s tragedy that all of its major parties were led by empty lightweights who could do nothing first to save and then to reform and reinvigorate...
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