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              <title><![CDATA[The one reason why Boris Johnson might allow Scottish independence referendum in 2020 – John McLellan]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[An independence referendum in 2020 could happen, but only if SNP are going to lose, writes John McLellan.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[General election: Why SNP and Tories should seek a compromise – leader comment]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The Conservatives and SNP seem set for a fight over Scottish independence that would be in no one&#8217;s interest &#8211; including their own.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[How chefs survive tbe Christmas party chaos – Stephen Jardine]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/how-chefs-survive-tbe-christmas-party-chaos-stephen-jardine-1-5062300</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Office parties may be on the wane, but chefs still dread December, says Stephen Jardine.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Source of Tory disinformation does not deserve anonymity – Brian Wilson]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[A claim that a Conservative aide was assaulted outside the Leeds hospital where a sick boy was forced to lie on the floor was untrue, but the source of this disinformation is still not known, writes Brian Wilson.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[General election: Three big mistakes that handed victory to Boris Johnson – Brian Wilson]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/general-election-three-big-mistakes-that-handed-victory-to-boris-johnson-brian-wilson-1-5062346</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Boris Johnson&#8217;s general election win was precipitated by a series of mistakes by people who refused to compromise and are now about to discover the consequences, writes Brian Wilson.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[It’s easy to make Christmas spending pay]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/it-s-easy-to-make-christmas-spending-pay-1-5062236</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Mum won&#8217;t take no for an answer. She&#8217;s just texted me (and my four siblings) for the fourth time this week with a desperate plea for &#8216;pressie ideas&#8217;. For people not given to extravagance in any other respect, my parents&#8217; approach to Christmas is pretty extraordinary.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 06:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[How Russia has restored the Golden Age of Drugs Cheats – Kevan Christie]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/how-russia-has-restored-the-golden-age-of-drugs-cheats-kevan-christie-1-5062153</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Where Ben Johnson led, Russia, Maradona and a son of Libyan dictator Gaddafi, among others, followed, writes Kevan Christie.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 06:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Politics full of flags and spin, fake climate action and a war of feminism – Susan Dalgety]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/politics-full-of-flags-and-spin-fake-climate-action-and-a-war-of-feminism-susan-dalgety-1-5062213</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Hope is hard to find amid misogyny of some on the left, a lack of effective action on global warming,  and the rebranding of Boris Johnson as &#8216;the People&#8217;s Prime Minister&#8217;, writes Susan Dalgety.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Scottish Labour was undermined by Jeremy Corbyn and now faces fight to survive – Labour MSP]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scottish-labour-was-undermined-by-jeremy-corbyn-and-now-faces-fight-to-survive-labour-msp-1-5062240</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Scottish Labour must make serious changes if it is to avoid becoming a detail of history, writes Scottish Labour MSP Daniel Johnson.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[How general election reinforced two great political divides: Leave-Remain and Scotland-England border – Professor John Curtice]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/how-general-election-reinforced-two-great-political-divides-leave-remain-and-scotland-england-border-professor-john-curtice-1-5062157</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Boris Johnson's Conservative party won backing of nearly seven-out-of-ten Brexiteers, but just one-in-five Remainers, while the Tory vote fell in Scotland in contrast to its performance at UK level, writes Professor John Curtice.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[A vote for Scottish independence? 54% of Scots backed pro-Union parties – Pamela Nash]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/a-vote-for-scottish-independence-54-of-scots-backed-pro-union-parties-pamela-nash-1-5062121</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The SNP's general election campaign was dominated by trying to "Stop Brexit" and a majority of Scots still backed parties in favour of staying in the UK, writes Pamela Nash, chief executive of Scotland in Union.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Angus Robertson: Why general election result is green light for Scottish independence vote]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/angus-robertson-why-general-election-result-is-green-light-for-scottish-independence-vote-1-5062022</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The SNP under Nicola Sturgeon has won another impressive mandate to hold a referendum on Scottish independence, writes former SNP depute leader Angus Robertson.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[I love Jo Swinson like a sister and she was unfairly treated – Alex Cole-Hamilton]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/i-love-jo-swinson-like-a-sister-and-she-was-unfairly-treated-alex-cole-hamilton-1-5061977</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Jo Swinson, who resigned as Liberal Democrat leader after losing her seat in the general election, should return to politics because the rise of nationalism in Scotland and the UK means it is vital to have  strong, Liberal and internationalist voices like hers, writes Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 09:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Boris Johnson now faces his greatest battle in defeating Nicola Sturgeon - Adam Tomkins]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/boris-johnson-now-faces-his-greatest-battle-in-defeating-nicola-sturgeon-adam-tomkins-1-5061954</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The SNP leader is the most dangerous populist of all, according to Tory MSP Adam Tomkins]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 09:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Help me solve mystery of monkey in Leith’s ‘Rime of the Auld Mariner’ – Susan Morrison]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/help-me-solve-mystery-of-monkey-in-leith-s-rime-of-the-auld-mariner-susan-morrison-1-5061496</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Does anyone know the truth of a tale that a sailor called Auld Bob told Susan Morrison about the arrest of a chain-smoking, alcoholic monkey after a fight in a Leith pub at the heigh of the Cuban Missile Crisis?]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Why Caledonian Sleeper is (almost) Scotland’s answer to Orient Express – Alastair Dalton]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-caledonian-sleeper-is-almost-scotland-s-answer-to-orient-express-alastair-dalton-1-5061532</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Serco&#8217;s new &#163;150 million Scotland-London overnight fleet is finally getting there after months of glitches but some creature comforts remain work in progress.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Battle of Prestonpans Part II sounds like Christmas-themed April Fool – leader comment]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/battle-of-prestonpans-part-ii-sounds-like-christmas-themed-april-fool-leader-comment-1-5061651</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The row over sprouts vs rye on the field where the Battle of Prestonpans was once fought takes a new twist.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[General election: Will Holyrood 2021 election drag politics out of the sewer? – Gina Davidson]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/general-election-will-holyrood-2021-election-drag-politics-out-of-the-sewer-gina-davidson-1-5061570</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[This general election campaign &#8211; which saw politics descend to new lows &#8211; was just an amuse-bouche for the next Holyrood election in 2021, writes Gina Davidson.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Brexit and the death of Britain’s global influence – leader comment]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/brexit-and-the-death-of-britain-s-global-influence-leader-comment-1-5061649</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The UK lost its Empire but then found considerable soft power on the international stage by championining democracy and human rights.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Jim Duffy’s Big Bumper Christmas guide to surviving your in-laws]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[When the in-laws come to stay for Christmas, remember to smile politely as they expand on their views about Donald Trump, Greta Thunberg and Prince Andrew, suggests Jim Duffy.]]></description>
              
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