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The UK General Election 2015
My predictions for the general election in the UK (and the north-eastern bit of Ireland that the British stubbornly cling on to as a last reminder of their glory days, along with a few … Continue...
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Nicola Sturgeon And The SNP Stun Everyone
Some absolutely astonishing results from the UK general election so far, with the stand-out story being the sweeping of the electoral board in Scotland by Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP. The Scottish...
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The Peculiar Nature Of British Democarcy
Following up on the unexpected results of the UK general election Adrian Kavanagh has examined the barely democratic nature of Britain’s first-past-the-post electoral system and the stark anomalies it...
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Michael White, The Debonair Greater Englander
Michael White, the parliamentary correspondent of the nominally centre-left Guardian newspaper in the UK, has gained an unenviable reputation over the last decade as one of the more odiously...
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JK Rowling, In Defence Of Greater England
Sometimes an individual should simply stick to doing what he or she does best. In the case of the British author J.K. Rowling her “best” is continuing her spectacularly successful career of … Continue...
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Prosecutions In Catalonia, Political Revolution In Scotland
An Chatalóin (Catalonia) The newly authoritarian tone of politics and government in Spain becomes more evident with every passing week. Following a range of laws passed by Madrid banning many forms of...
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The English Empire Strikes Back In Scotland
Albain (Scotland) Following on from yesterday’s post examining press reports that Dundee City Council had agreed to reverse efforts to place the English and Scottish (Gaelic) languages on an equal...
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The BBC Challengers Election Debate 2015
Did Nicola Sturgeon, the formidable SNP leader and current First Minster of Scotland, emerge as the winner from last night’s televised debate of the “challengers” in the UK general election? She...
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Greater England Is At Ease With The European Tea Party
I ain’t descended from no monkeys…! The Scottish National Party is a popular, mainstream, democratic, left-of-centre European political group which has managed the devolved government of Scotland since...
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Polls Predict 2015 SNP Landslide In Scotland
Scotland’s former First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond addresses an independence rally, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2012 (Photo: Wings Over Scotland) I must admit that I remain quite sceptical about the...
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