A tribute to Scotland's new hate figure

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:49
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By Kenneth Roy

No sooner has an ungrateful nation disposed of Sir Fred than another less than perfect knight lines up for the chop. It would be impossible to strip the mysterious Craig Whyte of his knighthood since no one has given him one, so the knighthood-stripping industry has turned its attentions to another hate figure from Rangers Football Club, its former owner, Sir David Murray.

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Why in the world do we need Trident?

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 20:48
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By John S Jappy

24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at least one British nuclear submarine lies concealed below the polar ice cap, armed with nuclear warheads. The arsenal of the Trident fleet is equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima bombs.

Ask any senior politician in either the Labour or Tory Parties the simple question: "At whom are the nuclear missiles on trident submarines pointing?"  After the obvious discomfort of being asked the question, you will get a sort of reply on the lines that they can't answer the question, for reasons of national security.

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Scotland’s First Minister should be seen and not heard … according to some

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 06:23
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By G.A.Ponsonby
 
Another day and another complaint from someone unhappy that First Minister Alex Salmond has given his views on a subject.
 
A few weeks ago it was the BBC who didn’t like the idea of the SNP leader corrupting the minds of Rugby fans by speaking on TV prior to the international against England.

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The House of Trolls

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 01:33
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By Hazel Lewry

In the classical sense a troll is a big bogey man, a relic from the frozen past of Norse mythology, a mythology we in Scotland also partly share.  Some might be forgiven for thinking it's the place we find ourselves in the Union, it's not easy to tell the difference between members of the House of Lords and relics and bogey men from the frozen past.

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Stop the World, Scotland wants to get on!

Monday, 20 February 2012 06:51
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By Gerry Hassan, The Scotsman, February 18th 2012

Scotland has been all over the world news these last few weeks: the independence debate, David Cameron’s high profile intervention, and of course the saga of Glasgow Rangers FC.

What has been missing from the Scottish debate is an engagement with the wider environment beyond Scotland, both in relation to the UK and internationally. In times it almost seems as if the debate is being undertaken, irrespective of opinion, in a vacuum.

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