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Salmond sets out Scottish plans for Defence Force »

Alex Salmond has announced that the recommendations of the UK Defence Review could offer a blueprint for the military in an independent Scotland. In an interview with the BBC, the First Minister outlined a “defence force” of one naval base...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Rory Scothorne | Read more »

Lord Steel warns against bungled intervention in Independence debate »

A former Holyrood presiding officer has warned David Cameron and other senior English politicians to stay out of the Scottish independence debate at the risk of handing victory to the SNP. Lord Steel, a Liberal Democrat peer, accused the coalition Gov...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

Commission established to tackle the 'West Lothian Question' »

Westminster

A newly-announced panel is set to look at the debate concerning the right of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs to vote on legislation that concerns England alone. The UK Government has revealed that a commission has been established "to consider ...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Megan Wells | Read more »

Tory peer calls for partition in case of independence »

Conservative peer Lord Sinclair has appealed to keep Orkney and Shetland under Westminster control in the event of Scottish independence. The Earl of Caithness has tabled amendments to the Scotland Bill currently being passed through the House of Lord...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Andrew Barr | Read more »

Proposed cuts spark fears of students being priced out of college education »

Concerns have been raised about student funding in Scotland’s colleges as NUS Scotland has revealed that the current student support budget is not enough to meet requirements. A Freedom of Information request submitted to Scottish colleges by NU...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Leighton Craig | Read more »

Scottish Government action urged to tackle blight of child poverty »

The Scottish Government must divert more resources into childcare, the MP representing the country’s worst-hit poverty blackspot has insisted. Figures released last week by The Campaign to End Child Poverty revealed a third of children live in poverty...

Fri 20 Jan 2012 by Stuart Findlay | Read more »

Lottery winners donate £1m to independence campaign »

EuroMillions winners Chris and Colin Weir from Largs in Ayrshire have donated £1 million to the Scottish National Party’s campaign for independence. The independence campaign now has a fighting fund of almost £2 million following the...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Andrew Barr | Read more »

Lib Dem leader apologises for Alex Salmond cartoon »

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, Willie Rennie, has apologised after a cartoon was published on official Scottish Liberal Democrat Facebook and Twitter accounts portraying the Fist Minister in Arab dress. The controversy came after Alex Salmond haile...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Andrew Barr | Read more »

Warning issued over two-question referendum »

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A Liberal Democrat peer has warned that a two-question independence referendum could cause confusion and have serious consequences for Scotland and its future. Lords Steel, the former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament has expressed concerns...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Megan Wells | Read more »

Alcohol Bill to be passed by Scottish Parliament »

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A bill proposing a minimum price per unit of alcohol has been submitted by the SNP to battle the misuse of alcohol in Scotland. The party hopes to “tackle problem drinkers” who purchase “cheap supermarket white ciders, larger and va...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

A very private privatisation plan »

Andrew Burns

Back in February 2009, nearly two years after they took control of the local Council, the SNP/Lib-Dem Coalition that runs Edinburgh approved a budget that included the decision to look at the potential privatisation of essential front-line services. T...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Andrew Burns | Read more »

Scots believe Holyrood should run the country »

A majority of people (74 per cent) in Scotland believe Holyrood should have the most influence in running the country, according to a recently-published government survey. The social attitudes survey, conducted between June and November 2010, also sh...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

First Minister says 'London has had its turn' »

At the SNP annual conference in Inverness this week, First Minister Alex Salmond told delegates the days of “Westminster politicians telling Scotland what to do or what to think” were over, and claimed the Scottish people were now “in...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Andrew Barr | Read more »

Scotland not subsidised by rest of UK, says Annabel Goldie »

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Departing Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie has rejected claims by English Conservatives that Scotland is being subsidised by the rest if the UK and has called for an immediate referendum on Scottish independence. Addressing the party’...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

SNP blast Labour as "out of touch" after damning poll »

A leading SNP campaigner has told The Journal that Labour is "out of touch" with Scots after a recent YouGov poll found that 50 per cent of people think Labour represents Scotland badly. Asked "how well or badly do you think the L...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Johnney Rhodes | Read more »

Where is Scottish Labour going? »

Ken Macintosh MSP

  Embarrassing. Historic. Theoretically unusual. Many things passed through the minds of Labour supporters in Scotland during the parliamentary elections in May. The Scottish National Party (SNP) won over the country, long a bastion of support ...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

A pragmatic decision »

Michael Russell MSP

As a government we fundamentally believe in the principle of free education, and that is why we have made it clear that we will never introduce tuition fees for Scottish undergraduate students. In an ideal world, no student attending a Scottish univer...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Michael Russell | Read more »

Scotland's sleep-walk towards independence »

When I heard that Nick Clegg had told Forth One radio during his visit to Scotland in August that he “would like to see Megrahi behind bars”, I did a double-take. Was the deputy prime minister suggesting that the UK government would try to ...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Pierre Thistlejohn | Read more »

Scots are 'ready to move on', says First Minister »

The First Minister, Alex Salmond, has announced 15 new bills to parliament including legislation to create a single Scottish police force, plans to combat sectarianism and the introduction of minimum alcohol pricing. This is part of the new SNP majori...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Andrew Barr | Read more »

SNP triumphant in unexpected Holyrood landslide »

Scottish Parliament

Incumbent First Minister Alex Salmond's Scottish National Party secured the first overall majority in Scottish Parliament history last week, after an historic electoral landslide which forced three other party leaders to resign. The SNP gained 23 seat...

Thu 05 May 2011 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

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