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Elected Representatives Holyrood Opinion

Devolution Commission

April 18, 2013April 25, 2013 admin

Scottish Labour Leader Johann Lamont MSP has announced the beginning of a conversation with the people of Scotland about the future of devolution. She is launching a wide-ranging consultation after

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Can anyone really say what an independent Scotland would look like?

March 23, 2012March 24, 2012 Peter McFarlane

What would an independent Scotland look like? Too many assumptions are being made, claims PETER MCFARLANE   I don’t know about everyone else, but I feel the discussion about the

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Elected Representatives Opinion Westminster

As the authors of devolution, we must now become devolution’s defenders

February 22, 2012 Douglas Alexander

In a speech given to Welsh Labour, DOUGLAS ALEXANDER MP outlined the challenges that lie ahead for Labour in Scotland   I travelled down from Scotland to be here so

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

The wind and tide are wrong

February 17, 2012 Charlie Gregory

CHARLIE GREGORY looks at the independence debate from an often neglected point of view: that of the English.    I am a Unionist at heart. I see the union of

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Stop the bus! Can some non-politicians get on?

January 26, 2012 John Currie

JOHN CURRIE argues that despite all the excitement in political and media chattering classes about the forthcoming independence referendum, out in the real world, most people haven’t given much thought

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Grassroots Labour Opinion

Pride of Place

November 28, 2011November 28, 2011 Trevor Davies

Devolution cannot just mean a transfer from Westminster to Holyrood but must involve the extension of power to our local communities,  PROFESSOR TREVOR DAVIES argues.   We saw it many

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Elected Representatives Opinion Westminster

Decentralising Scotland

November 24, 2011November 28, 2011 Ian Murray

At a debate on The Purple Book last week, IAN MURRAY MP argued for greater decentralisation of the Scottish state.   I would like to start by reminding everyone that

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