Busted flush?
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There’s everything to play for as Scotland counts down to May 6.
She’s back.
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Those who talk down an independent Scotland’s prospects are not factoring in one of its biggest natural resources.
Nicola Sturgeon at the beginning of her evidence to the cross-party committee.
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She defended herself robustly and humbly admitted to errors, but the first minister is still on shaky ground when it comes to crucial questions.
Let battle commence …
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Economics is set to dominate the debate, just like last time around.
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Coronavirus may be delaying Alex Salmond’s reckoning, but both the Scottish government and the SNP as a party have some difficult times ahead.
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Independence is a vexed question for the Scottish people, especially with so much yet unknown about how the UK will fare in its divorce from the European Union.
What’s on the cards.
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The SNP administration has adopted a fashionable so-called ‘mission-oriented’ approach for its flagship economic development plan, but it looks a lot like mission impossible.
Other voting systems are available.
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A chorus of politicians are once again calling for electoral reform after the UK’s 2019 election.
Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow on election night.
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Independence support in Scotland is now at critical levels. The ball is in the UK prime minister’s court.
Polling has Boris Johnson’s Conservatives holding a comfortable lead over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, but the election will be decided on a seat-by-seat basis.
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The outcome of this week’s general election is far from certain, but whatever happens, the nation’s deep divides are unlikely to be healed.
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Sitting MPs toppling right, left and centre? Not necessarily. The connection between the safeness of a seat and the chances it will change hands is much looser than we might expect.
‘Come and have a go, Boris.’
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At first glance it seems like a strange strategy to go big on another independence referendum when half of Scots would vote No.
Jez-ebel.
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With Labour in danger of coming fourth in Scotland, they could have done without fresh independence trouble.
Scotland’s first minister on the campaign trail.
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It is still not easy to reach firm conclusions about Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence.
Ruth Davidson: standing down as Scottish Conservative leader after eight years.
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Charismatic Ruth Davidson broke the mould of the traditional Tory MP to reach parts of the electorate others couldn’t. So how do the Scottish Conservatives fill the vacuum she leaves?
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The ruling party took three of six seats in the European Parliament.
Is there such a thing as an European identity?
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Does an “European culture” or a “European identity” actually exist?
Reversing lactose intolerance might make it possible for adults to enjoy a milkshake again.
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You may think that your milk-drinking, ice cream-licking days are behind you as you battle the discomfort of lactose intolerance. But there maybe be a way to reverse the situation.
Safe and sound?
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Scotland is in the late stages of deciding whether to become the first country in UK to outlaw all corporal punishment against children.
The family that votes together remains together?
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Westminster has consistently disregarded the concerns of the devolved administrations over Brexit.