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Scots are better off in the Union »

Why should a largely unfounded hatred of the English override fiscal sense?

This referendum business has stirred up a lot of vitriol between unionist and nationalist factions among the Scottish. As one of many Anglo-Scots mongrels, I'd like to think I'm an independent outsider here. There is, no-one can disagree, quite a lot ...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

Sport in 2012 - Euro 2012 »

Cristiano Ronaldo

It’s 16 years since football came home for Euro 96 but its still the last time any home nation made it to the semi-finals of a major international tournament. Ireland and England will be hoping to change that when they arrive in the Ukraine and ...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

What to expect from the Rugby World Cup »

The seventh Rugby World Cup began on Saturday in New Zealand: akin to the Brazillians and Football, the Kiwis enjoy an intense relationship with the oval ball. Having not won the William Webb Ellis trophy in 24 years and despite being the team to beat ...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

Hacker: No success please, we're British »

A lot of British sports fans are masochists. The pain has become so ingrained that it is now part of the pleasure. Think Gazza’s tears, think Murray’s glorious failures, and think of Scotland’s 14 years and counting of missing interna...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

Six tribes go to war »

With the last three tournaments being won by three different grand slam winning sides it would be a brave person who confidently predicted the outcome of this year’s competition. Having beaten Wales in Cardiff, England look to have cemented their crede...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Mike Mawdsley, Laurence Wilson, Jamie Timson | Read more »

Rush to beat increased tuition fees »

Figures released by UCAS have shown a 4.2 per cent increase in university applications, as students are expected to cancel gap year plans to beat the tuition fee rise. Education analysts have suggested there will be a ‘scramble for places’...

Wed 10 Nov 2010 by Polly Dallyn | Read more »

Hacker: Please keep off the grass »

£750 million is quite a lot of money. In fact, it’s more than that. For the non-fiscally-minded amongst you, allow me to contextualise this figure: it equates to four Windsor Castles, is 50 percent greater than the Gross National Product of...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Graham Mackay | Read more »

Hacker: England none-for-two at the start of a shaky innings »

Employees of Chelsea Football Club could be forgiven for wondering why on earth the media decided to storm Stanford Bridge on a quiet afternoon last Thursday. That is, until it became apparent that former England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen was rel...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Graham Mackay | Read more »

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