- Trial date for murder accused, 13
- Implant victim issues scans appeal
- Third man in court over bitten ear
- Construction firm in liquidation
- £4m lottery winner was 'going mad'
- Family blasts rally crash decision
- US analyst wary of independence bid
- Salmond: Independence key to growth
- Unemployment rate up by 16,000
- Pilot run for domestic abuse court
- Sillars questions 'devo max' option
- MPs seek 'answers' on independence
- Ferry collides with harbour wall
- Bid to rescue crisis-hit Rangers
- BAA warning on Heathrow hub plans
- Shop sales fall biggest since 1999
- Further fall in house prices: Study
- Man charged in house attack inquiry
- Marchers support same-sex marriage
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Opinion
David Arnott: Chaplains take horrors of war at faith value
IN the event of casualties the chaplain is often among the first to be flown in to support the troops
Eddie Barnes: Glasgow’s Labour looks tired ahead of council elections
THE new orthodoxy in Scottish politics dictates that, in any forthcoming election campaign, the slickly organised, well-funded SNP will surge effortlessly to beat the faction-ridden, ill-prepared Labour party.
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Daniel Gay: Sterling best Scots option
SHOULD Scotland win independence, the question of currency must be addressed, but keeping the pound would be in the country’s best interests, writes Daniel Gay
10 commentsAllan Massie: Rule of law is not a bendy tool for political use
IT MAY be irritating that a man accused of inciting terrorism can’t be deported but is it worth suspending the cornerstone of a just society to get rid of him, asks Allan Massie
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Brian Wilson: Time to rethink Falklands attitude
DEFENDING the islanders was right in 1982, but Argentina is different now and new policies should prevail
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Comment
The Scotsman cartoon - 15/02/2012
No surrender from HMRC as they prepare to settle with Rangers once and for all
Emma Cowing: Fame is just one drug for flawed celebrity
A TURKEY sandwich and a side order of jalapenos. That the image of Whitney Houston’s uneaten last meal – found next to the bath where she died – had been photographed, released and broadcast worldwide within hours of her death, says much about the tragic last years of one of modern music’s superstars.
Leaders: A glimmer of light amid the high street gloom
FOR Scotland’s high streets and those who spend in them, these are groundhog days. Figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium show that January recorded a 1.5 per cent fall in sales, the biggest monthly decline for more than a decade.
Analysis: Italy’s technocrat PM cheered despite his austerity measures
THE remarkable success of Prime Minister Mario Monti, fêted as a hero both at home and abroad, has created turmoil among Italy’s discredited politicians and is likely to provoke radical shifts in the political landscape over the coming year.
Analysis: Motorists’ love affair with low premiums is over, but legislation will help arrest spiralling costs
THE Prime Minister kept a lot of industry commentators away from their partners on Valentine’s evening and the topic at his Downing Street summit was far from being a romantic one – it was car insurance.
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Leaders: A glimmer of light amid the high street gloom
FOR Scotland’s high streets and those who spend in them, these are groundhog days. Figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium show that January recorded a 1.5 per cent fall in sales, the biggest monthly decline for more than a decade.
Leaders: Rangers FC in administration has implications beyond Ibrox
EVEN for dedicated football fans, the latest turn in the deeply troubled affairs of Rangers Football Club challenges comprehension as to motivation and consequence
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Leaders: Efficient spending can still save us from the rocky roads to ruin
THIS may not be the grim austerity era our grandparents experienced in the immediate post-war years.
Leaders: Donald Trump’s swipe at wind farm site puts him in the rough
CONSIDERING that it was First Minister Alex Salmond who supported Donald Trump’s controversial luxury golf resort in Aberdeenshire and argued the case for its economic benefits in the teeth of widespread local opposition, the latest letter from the tycoon is astonishing in both content and tone.
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Leaders: John Swinney’s cash giveaway buys the SNP some extra approval
FINANCE secretary John Swinney’s last-minute distribution of extra spending as the Scottish Parliament moved to final approval of his budget for Scottish Government spending in 2012-13 had the look of pennies being thrown by a departing bride and groom.
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Letters
Letter: Poor defence
AS the Scottish Secretary Michael Moore admitted late last year “that there would not be anything as big as the two aircraft carriers again in our lifetime”, will Jim Murphy (your report, 13 February) use his crystal ball to detail, and at what cost, the Labour Party’s commitment to any future major UK defence contracts if it ever gets back in power at Westminster?
Letter: A helpful No vote
SIR Ian Wood has to be applauded for stating that he will give the £50 million pledged to help fund the City Garden Project in Aberdeen to his charity set up to help good causes in Africa should the people of Aberdeen vote against the project.
1 commentLetter: Hume affairs
I DON’T know whether anyone else has noticed the extraordinary resemblance between the famous philosopher David Hume, shown in the article by Brian Ferguson (14 February), and our own dear First Minister.
4 commentsLetter: Unearned insult
IT WAS with a sense of astonishment that I read John Eoin Douglas’s description of Greece as a savage, fiscally irresponsible nation (Letters, 14 February).
6 commentsLetters: It takes two
COUNCILLOR Alex Gallagher’s response to my comments (Letters, 14 February) is so over the top that it borders on the hilarious.
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Cartoon
The Scotsman cartoon - 15/02/2012
No surrender from HMRC as they prepare to settle with Rangers once and for all
The Scotsman cartoon 14/02/2012
With it being Valentine’s Day, our cartoonist retells the events of yesterday, with a slight romantic twist...
The Scotsman cartoon - 13/02/2012
Our cartoonist offers his take on the latest political news that Alex Salmond has got embroiled in....
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The Scotsman cartoon - 11/02/2012
Cartoonist Brian Adcock has his say on the Donald Trump debacle...
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The Scotsman cartoon - 10/02/2012
With the news that Lord Patten told Alex Salmond that he has a legitimate right to complain about his axing from the ruby programme, our cartoonist wonders how the meeting might have panned out...
3 comments- Rangers run into the ground as furious HRMC battles to claw back tax
- Broken Rangers: Club signals intention to go into administration
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- Rangers blame HMRC for driving club to brink of administration
- Six Nations: Steadman given notice as ruthless Robinson seeks to strengthen team
- Devo-max merely a dodgy back-up plan to save SNP, says Jim Sillars
- Scottish independence: No breakthrough in talks between Alex Salmond and Michael Moore
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
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