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New Clout for Nicola

Written by Lindsay McGarvie                                                  So Scotland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, sweeping the board by returning 56 of Scotland’s 59 MPs. What does that ...

The Final Countdown

Written by Lindsay McGarvie                                                  By this time next week, the polls will have long since closed and Scotland’s votes will have been counted and confirmed. But while the ...

Old faces reappear on the campaign trail

   Written by Chris Young Scottish politics took a brief step back in time this week as familiar faces from campaigns past intervened in what is becoming an ever more intriguing battle for Scotland’s votes. On Tuesday, Sir John Major, the last Conservative Prime Minister to lead his party to electoral victory, evoked ...

The lesser of two EVEL’s?

 Written by Chris Young Try as we might, the spectre of last year’s referendum is proving tough to shake off as the General Election battle moves into its 3 final weeks of frenetic fighting. This week saw Britain’s main parties put their electoral offers to the country with the launch of manifestos ...

SNP maintains momentum but faces challenging questions

 Written by Chris Young For all the talk that an SNP victory in Scotland at next month’s General Election will be a de-facto passport to a second referendum, in practice, the reality may be somewhat different. The party has been clear that the issue of a second referendum is off the table ...

An Intern's Perspective - Ellen McLaughlin

 Written by Ellen McLaughlin   The lovely folk at 3x1 Public Relations have rather graciously agreed to a student takeover of their company’s blog, allowing me to talk about my professional Masters placement hosted within their wonderful ranks... and what an education it has been! Like most people in PR, my tale is a ...

A Tale of Two Heavyweights

Written by Cameron Grant   It was a tale of two of Scotland’s most prominent politicians of the modern era this week as Alex Salmond and Gordon Brown, in their own inimitable ways, reflected on past achievements and looked forward to the forthcoming General Election campaign. Bristling with confidence, Scotland’s former first ...

Deal or No Deal?

Written by Lindsay McGarvie                                                  For all of George Osborne’s talk that Wednesday’s budget was a sign that Britain is on the road to recovery, his clarion call ...
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