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New poll shows boost for independent Scotland
Support for an independent Scotland has increased by 4% since October, according to a new poll. Asked the Electoral Commission’s preferred question of ‘Should Scotland be an independent country?’, 34%...
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Independence campaign will be ‘annihilated’ says Clegg
Nick Clegg yesterday upped the rhetoric in the debate over Scottish independence by declaring that the case for Scotland going it alone will be ‘annihilated’. The deputy prime minister was responding...
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Poll warns Holyrood not to obsess on independent Scotland
Polling by Progressive Polling for the Daily Record has shown a worrying disconnect between the Scottish Government and voters north of the border. As issues around independence and in particular the...
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Credit downgrade takes centre stage in Scottish independence debate
While Westminster is currently absorbed by the difficulties facing Nick Clegg over allegations relating to the conduct of the former Lib Dem chief executive, Lord Rennard, in the longer term it remains...
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The case for Scottish independence is based on a short-term, simplistic analysis
Blair McDougall is Campaign Director for the Better Together campaign A referendum isn’t an election. That seems obvious, but the importance of the differences between an election and a referendum help...
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Murray calls on Scots to use their heads in independence vote
Britain’s number one tennis player, Andy Murray has waded into the world of politics, by urging fellow Scots to use their heads rather than their hearts in deciding whether to become an independent...
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Support for Scottish independence declines again
Polling published today by Ipsos Mori for The Times suggests that the SNP’s independence headache continues as support for Scotland staying in the UK has increased to its highest level since August...
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Prospect of EU exit boosts support for Scottish Independence
With the CBI having already warned of the risks to industry of Britain no longer being at the heart of the European Union, a further uncomfortable truth surrounding the Conservative Party’s...
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SNP deaf to economic issues that really matter
All of a sudden, the debate around Scotland’s future has gained the kind of substance that many have been yearning for. After months, if not years of constitutional navel gazing about when the...
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Scottish Nationalists spooked by the spooks
A former deputy leader of the Scottish National Party has called on the spooks to stay out of the debate on Scotland’s constitutional future. Margo MacDonald, now an independent MSP, has argued that...
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The clock is ticking – Better Together needs a positive plan
TweetThe campaign against Scottish independence must outline a clear offer for further devolution if the electorate is to reject the SNP’s pet project, according to new data. Polling conducted by ICM...
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Scottish independence – the year in numbers
TweetWith the SNP gathered in Perth for their final conference before next year’s historic referendum on Scotland’s future, the party’s deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon has declared that the party can...
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SNP conference: Alex Salmond’s programme is like a colander: full of holes
TweetThe SNP come out of their annual conference in Perth fired up for the fight of their lives ahead of next year’s independence referendum. Make no mistake about it, Alex Salmond gave a rousing...
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Quarter of Scots undecided on independence
TweetAlmost a quarter of Scots are undecided how they will vote in next year’s referendum on independence, according to new polling. The data compiled by TNS BMRB shows that with less than a year to...
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Lamont hails day of truth from Scottish government on currency union
TweetThe Scottish government must set out the conditions it would be prepared to accept in order to secure its ambitions of an independent Scotland remaining in a currency union with the rest of the...
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The debate rages on Scotland’s finances
TweetThe SNP government will today argue that independence would ‘transform’ Scotland’s economy. Ahead of the publication next week of the much anticipated White Paper on independence, a new report to...
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9-point lead for No to independence campaign
TweetThe No to Scottish independence campaign has a nine point lead, according to new polling published over the weekend. The findings, collected by Panelbase on behalf of the Sunday Times and Real...
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The Swiss cheese blueprint for Scotland
TweetAt over 600 pages, the publication today of the Scottish government’s blueprint for independence could prove to be one of the biggest abuses of taxpayer-funded civil servant time ever seen. What...
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The sceptics circle the SNP
TweetAs MSPs at Holyrood prepare to debate the Scottish government’s blue print for independence today, they will do so with new polling indicating the strength of opinion against the prospects of...
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Financial experts raise concerns over Scottish independence debate
TweetTaxation and finance experts in Scotland have attacked the SNP’s road map to independence as constituting a political manifesto rather than a serious business case for Scotland leaving the United...
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