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Author: Ian Smart

Grassroots Labour Opinion

Not going away

September 9, 2013September 9, 2013 Ian Smart

Serious questions about Bill Walker remain unanswered, writes IAN SMART. For everyone’s sake – including the SNP’s – we need answers   Graeme Pearson and I come from different ends

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Scotland and Iraq

March 20, 2013 Ian Smart

Ten years after Iraq, IAN SMART asks if an independent Scotland would have joined the ‘Coalition of the Willing’   Yesterday, at the instigation of the SNP, the Scottish Parliament

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Amateur Hour

March 11, 2013March 11, 2013 Ian Smart

Nationalists at least need to take the same line, even if it means being honest with voters, writes IAN SMART   I had a really weird dream last evening (I

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Politics gone mad

October 7, 2012October 7, 2012 Ian Smart

The SNP’s claims of defending Scotland against Tory cuts are turning them into apologists for Cameron’s government, writes IAN SMART   The United Kingdom is in a financial crisis that

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

A self-confessed member of the ‘reality-based community’ writes

September 21, 2012September 22, 2012 Ian Smart

The SNP’s dishonesty on welfare benefits puts at risk the most vulnerable, says IAN SMART   I don’t usually refer back but on this occasion I want to make one

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Scotland in Europe

September 17, 2012September 17, 2012 Ian Smart

European law makes uncomfortable reading for supporters of ‘Independence in Europe’, suggests IAN SMART   I have thought long and hard as to how to make this anything other than

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Rumbled?

September 1, 2012 Ian Smart

Will Alex Salmond reject a referendum if he can’t get his way on the number of questions? And would his party forgive him if he did?  IAN SMART reckons the

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