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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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
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
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
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
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
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