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There's actually a fair and balanced article on Scottish independence in the Telegraph today. No not penned by Alan Cochrane, but by Tom...

I live in hope, but there is still no sign of a positive case for the Union emerging from the Unionist parties. This troubles me, not becaus...

The game in Alicante made for sobering viewing. I think it's time we come up with a new name for whatever it is Spain are playing, it be...

There is a good article by Ian Bell in the Herald, laying bare the complicity of successive UK governments in renditions and torture in Lib...

Some suggestions are doing the rounds that 2 referenda are required in order to achieve independence for Scotland. The first would seek the ...

12:02pm (it's definitely pm now, right...?) Overall I enjoyed this much more than the UK debates, much more vim and vigour about the wh...

A great deal has been written about Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's decision to grant Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi compassionate release. I...

It's been a thoroughly depressing start (I'm tempted to say end) to the football season for Scottish football fans. In Europe Mother...

Well, what a pleasant couple of weeks away that was. No chance to read the papers or browse the web, barely a thought given to football or p...

Evening all. I've added a new poll at the bottom of the blog: simply choose one or more of your favoured constitutional settlements for ...