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Violent men: A woman’s right to know
WOMEN would be able to seek information about the domestic violence history of new partners under plans to be proposed by senior police officers in Scotland.
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Euan McColm: Farage showed his true colours
IT WAS Otto Inglis I felt sorry for. Nobody cared about Otto, with his bright smile and his “wows”. While Ukip leader Nigel Farage held court, Otto bounced around, working the edge of the room.
18 commentsLeaders: No hiding place for abusive men
SINCE the mid-1970s an important tenet of our system of law has been the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
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Gerald Warner: Feminism driving holocaust of abortion
THE case of Kermit Gosnell, the abortionist convicted of three charges of first degree murder in America, has brought home to some people a few of the realities of abortion, which is now a global holocaust promoted pre-eminently by the same government whose laws incongruously condemned Gosnell.
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Drumlanrig: Even cabbies flustered by Farage farrago
The Farage stushie in and around the Canon’s Gait pub has already entered Scottish political folklore. Shortly after it was over and the Ukip leader had been escorted off the premises in a polis meat wagon, thirsty hacks retreated to the Holyrood bar to swap “war stories”.
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British identity is key to debate on independence
WITHIN weeks of being elected to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999 I learned the hard way how fraught issues of identity politics could be. I found myself on the front pages of most newspapers twice in one week for a stance on opposite sides of the same identity coin and managed to irk nationalists and unionists in equal measure. Nice.
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Martyn McLaughlin: A crude cover-up?
ASK Ali Abbasi how much he spends on petrol in a year and he will roll his eyes, hunch his shoulders, and wearily recount the sacrifices he and his family have been forced to make. A father-of-two, it costs him £83 to fill his Vauxhall Vectra.
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Gavin Hewitt: Minimum pricing would damage whisky industry
THE Scottish Government’s legislation to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol is a high-profile controversial policy that has generated much debate in Scotland and beyond.
Church of Scotland bid to bridge gay minister divide
A LEADING Church of Scotland theologian will attempt to head off a divisive split in the Kirk tomorrow by offering a “third way” amendment that will avoid continuing divisions over the ordination of gay ministers.
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David Cameron backs Tory chief over ‘loons’ quip
DAVID Cameron last night gave his backing to Lord Feldman after the Tory chairman denied being responsible for alleged comments describing grassroots party activists as “swivel-eyed loons”.
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Young Scots ‘face low pay and few prospects’
A GENERATION of educated young Scots is being condemned to a life of low-paid, unstable jobs that will damage both their prospects and that of the country, a leading think tank has claimed.
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The SNP yesterday criticised Ukip for its “unacceptable views” after one of the party’s politicians resigned for having “offensive opinions” about the Scots.
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Scottish independence: Yes camp enlists Mark Shaw
THE pro-independence Yes Scotland campaign has brought on a leading business figure to help “stitch together” its work with the separate SNP drive ahead of next year’s vote.
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Independent Scotland at risk from bank crash
AN independent Scotland would be more reliant on the banking sector than Cyprus or Iceland, making it vulnerable to a new financial crisis, a UK Treasury paper will warn this week.
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Scottish independence: SNP tax vow may be slashed
THE SNP’s flagship pro-business policy to slash the headline rate of corporation tax in an independent Scotland could be reviewed amid claims it is costing the party support prior to the independence referendum.
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SNP MPs to block move for early EU vote
SNP MPs will reject Eurosceptic Tory moves to introduce an early EU referendum that would take place before Scotland had time to achieve independence from the rest of the UK.
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Wind farm targets may be hit by no-go zones
ALEX Salmond will struggle to fulfil his ambitious renewable targets as a result of Scottish Government proposals to increase wind farm-free zones around towns, a leading energy expert has claimed.
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Alyn Smith: Whisky association must accept a sound judgment
THE European Commission supports Scotland’s legal victory in its fight on minimum pricing.
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Euan McColm: Labour rolls out Brown in a bold effort to rewrite Scotland’s story
THE crucial difference between the SNP’s story and those told by many other nationalist movements, is that it’s primarily about ourselves rather than others.
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Andrew Wilson: The duty of former leaders is to respect their baton carriers
THE noble Lord Lawson of Blaby is entitled to his views on pulling the UK out of Europe.
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Gerald Warner: Irresponsibility and cynicism lie behind calls to expel Trident
AMONG the ragtag-and-bobtail of Jurassic socialists, fading Blair babes and public-teat sucklings that calls itself “Civic Scotland” it has long been an article of faith that Britain’s nuclear deterrent is “immoral” and the fact that it desecrates Scottish soil is “obscene”.
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Drumlanrig: Swapping the doric for French in Donside
PREPARATIONS for the by-election in Aberdeen Donside to replace the late Brian Adam are up and running.
Independence: Brown urges Scots not to give up on UK
GORDON Brown will return to front-line political campaigning tomorrow by spearheading Labour’s bid to keep Scotland within the UK, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
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Independence: Sturgeon - ‘no’ vote is a ‘gamble’
NICOLA Sturgeon will warn Scottish voters tomorrow that a “no” to independence next year is a “gamble” that will pave the way to a “bleak” future of poorer children, longer working hours and a broken welfare state, as she turns her fire back on those supporting the UK.
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G7 countries firm on tax evasion, claims Osborne
THE G7 group of industrialised nations has agreed that there must be collective action against tax evasion and avoidance, George Osborne has said.
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Independence: Last-minute bid for prisoners’ vote
LEADING figures from the worlds of law, justice, academia and the arts have made a last-minute bid to persuade MSPs to allow thousands of prisoners in Scotland to vote in the independence referendum.
3 commentsJardine to stand in Aberdeen Donside by-election
A FORMER adviser to the Scottish Secretary is to stand for the Liberal Democrats in the Aberdeen Donside by-election on 20 June.
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Scottish independence: Battle over family finance
THE UK government is planning a “relentless” offensive on the impact that Scottish independence will have on household finances as the marathon campaign marks 500 days to go until the referendum.
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Nigel Evans: Rape accusers were my friends
Deputy Commons Speaker Nigel Evans has spoken for the first time about his arrest on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, saying the claims are “completely false”.
£1m for wind farms to shut turbines for one day
POWER companies operating wind farms in Scotland were paid more than £1 million to shut down their turbines for a single day last month, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
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Douglas Alexander: Together we have best of both worlds
IN JUST 500 days, Scotland faces a choice which will shape our nation and our families’ future for generations to come.
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Euan McColm: SNP’s distancing ploy won’t look so clever come pocket money time
ONE thing is absolutely certain: the rise of the UK Independence Party in local elections in England and a smidgeon of Wales proves something. It gives us all the evidence we need. And the really good news is that, so far, the something it proves can be whatever you want, depending on your political position.
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Andrew Wilson: Destructive personal abuse has no place in decent political debate
DOUGLAS Alexander, in my estimation, is one of the most talented, thoughtful and capable politicians of his generation. He has a devotion to public service that is proper and deep.
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Drumlanrig: Johann Lamont | Shetland independence
IN HER speech to the Scottish Labour conference recently, leader Johann Lamont issued a “challenge” to Alex Salmond to “meet me next week and to bring his budget” so they could discuss ways to boost childcare.
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Local elections: Cameron urged to cut Etonian links
PRIME Minister David Cameron has been urged to ditch his Etonian advisers and honour his pledge to hold a referendum on EU membership to counter the appeal of the UK Independence Party in the aftermath of council elections in England.
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Independence: ‘Voters want clarity on big issues’
VOTERS want more certainty about how the big issues will be handled by both sides before the independence referendum and want the Scottish and UK governments to hold talks before next year’s poll, according to data published today.
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Academic Gavin Bowd calls police after online abuse
AN ACADEMIC has been issued with security advice by his university and has been in contact with the police after independence supporters subjected him to a barrage of threatening abuse on the internet.
Rise in number of firms not paying minimum wage
THE number of companies failing to pay the minimum wage in Scotland increased by 15 per cent last year, despite a drop in the United Kingdom as a whole, new figures have revealed.
Peter Kellner: Supporters of devo-max hold the key
HERE’S the conundrum facing both sides in the coming referendum. Most Scottish voters want more say in how the country is run, but they fear a rupture between Holyrood and Westminister. Alex Salmond’s task is to quell the fears of separation; Alistair Darling’s is to woo Scots who are dissatisfied with the status quo.
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Dennis Canavan: Only way to escape austerity that punishes the poor
I RECENTLY came across a Labour Party leaflet from the 1979 general election campaign.
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Independence: Salmond accused of ‘playing it safe’
ALEX Salmond has come under fire from independence supporters amid concerns that the campaign for a referendum Yes vote is stalling.
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Declaration of independence ‘wrong for Scots’
THEIR Scottish forefathers earned their place in history by signing the Declaration of Independence that created the new nation of the United States of America. But two centuries after a band of famous Scots helped end British rule across the Atlantic, their descendants are opposed to Scotland taking the same road to separation.
96 commentsCo-Op Party chair quits over indy support
THE chair of the Labour-linked Scottish Co-operative Party yesterday stepped down from her post after writing an article in favour of Scottish independence.
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‘Sterling zone’ claims dismissed by economists
CLAIMS that the UK would need Scotland to remain in a new “sterling zone” after independence have been dismissed by a series of independent economists.
136 commentsPM adviser defends his Eton claim
AN ADVISER to the Prime Minister has defended an interview in which he said Eton’s “ethos” of public service was why so many former pupils were in top positions in government.
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Clash between WWI and Bannockburn memorials feared
MPs and peers have called on the Scotland Office to take a leading role in the First World War centenary commemorations next year amid fears that they will be sidelined by the Scottish Government in favour of the 700th anniversary of Bannockburn.
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Drumlanrig: The Lady wasn’t for joining this debate
WHAT would the late Baroness Thatcher have made of the current debate on independence or more powers for Scotland? Not an awful lot, if her authorised biographer Charles Moore is right.
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Johann Lamont denies ‘appeasing’ SNP
SCOTTISH Labour leader Johann Lamont yesterday tried to head off a rebellion in her own party against a plan for greater devolution for Scotland, insisting it was not an attempt to “appease” the SNP.
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Fears police whistleblowers may be deterred
A POLICE officer is facing prosecution over leaking sensitive material to the media in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in Scotland.
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Scotland’s Ryder Cup gala party to cost £1.2m
UP TO £1.2 million of public money is to be ploughed into a gala party to herald the arrival of the Ryder Cup golf tournament in Scotland next year.
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