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Why Scotland should only hold an independence referendum at 60 Yes (opens the original)
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There’s long been a conspiracy of silence at Holyrood. If Vigil’s DI Kirsten Longacre had John Swinney locked in an interview room with a bare light bulb and rubbish coffee, he still wouldn’t sing. The big issue politicians fret over, exactly when there should be a second independence referendum, has a clear answer which you sense the key players all know but don’t like to say. It’s this: there should only be a vote if and when support for Scottish independence is consistently around 60 per cent
Michael Marra is trying to reclaim patriotism. Labour may be right to do so (opens the original)
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First, a confession: “patriotism” in politics gives me the ick. It has connotations. I think of men in red and white Crusader tabards, or Americans in MAGA hats whooping and cheering at a Trump rally. Even sentimental Scottish nationalists swaying to Caledonia, tears cutting lines through their blue face paint, are a turn-off to me. I’m Scottish born and bred, but the child of English parents, married to a man with varied European heritage. People who invoke patriotism or national identity, whet
Pick the right leader, Labour, or we'll have the SNP in power for ever (opens the original)
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Recovery for Scottish Labour is not guaranteed. That's the toughest lesson the party has learned since leaving office 20 years ago. The SNP has lost its shine and much of its popularity, which should have helped Scottish Labour claw its way back to relevance, but still the party of Donald Dewar declines, following a pattern that began in 2003. Successive Scottish Labour leaders have worked hard to persuade voters their party can better safeguard Scotland’s interests than the nationalists; many v
Good news for car drivers - here comes the £2 bus fare (opens the original)
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What feels like aeons ago now, Holyrood had a dream. It was a Scotland where life was no longer organised around having a car. We would all walk and cycle more, breathe cleaner air and our city centres would be chic Euro-style pedestrianised zones. The streets would be lined with trees and bike racks, and populated by strapping superhumans with impressive lung capacity and well-defined quads. Buses, trains and trams would be cheap and integrated, and as a result, lots of people would merrily tur
What we need now in Holyrood is grown-up politics, but is anyone listening? (opens the original)
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It’s a good idea in any workplace to keep folk on side. Generally speaking, slanging matches on the office floor are not a great foundation on which to build teamwork later. Folk tend to remember being called eejits in front of the entire workforce. There’s no point in asking to share someone’s chocolate digestives after insulting them like that – not unless you want the one that mysteriously fell on the floor. But that’s where John Swinney finds himself today: publishing his plans for the next
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