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Major new project aims to win over undecided voters to Scottish independence
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (486+ words) A MAJOR new project from Scotland’s leading pro-independence think tank aims to address key concerns of undecided voters, The National can reveal. Common Weal has appointed a panel of experts, including lawyer and former SNP MP Joanna Cherry and Professor…...
Independence means little if Scotland remains tied to the pound
9+ hour, 49+ min ago (730+ words) DOES an independent Scotland “really” need its own currency? Let me put it this way – if the entire point of independence is to fly the Saltire in place of the Union Jack, and to replace God Save the King with…...
UK at 'pivotal constitutional moment,' John Swinney says ahead of Cardiff summit
9+ hour, 49+ min ago (822+ words) THE UK is at a “pivotal moment of constitutional change,” Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has said ahead of a landmark meeting with the leaders of Wales and Northern Ireland. The SNP leader will join Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap…...
SNP, Plaid and Sinn Féin leaders expected to sign joint agreement in Cardiff
11+ hour, 42+ min ago (609+ words) Leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin are expected to meet in Cardiff to sign an agreement aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. The meeting on Monday will involve the first ministers…...
Devolved leaders to sign self determination declaration at Cardiff summit
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (583+ words) THE leaders of the UK’s devolved administrations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at giving Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish voters a say on their constitutional futures. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and…...
Comedian Mark Thomas on Palestine, protest and his 'irreconcilable hope"
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (967+ words) WALKING the length of the Israeli Wall in the West Bank changed comedian’s Mark Thomas’s life. “It profoundly affected the way I see the world,” said Thomas, who is performing at Aberdeen Comedy Festival this month. “Before I went there,…...
Dangerous right-wing populists must be challenged at every turn
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (575+ words) THEY call themselves Patriot Platform, but in truth, there’s nothing very patriotic about the black-clad mobs which invaded Dover and Portsmouth. A patriot, after all, is defined as somebody with an overweening love of their country, not people who seek…...
Director warns social media is rewriting fascism's history ahead of film screening
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (882+ words) IT SCARES Catalan director Judith Colell that many people now appear to believe that Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and even the Nazis were “not so bad”. That’s one of the reasons she has made a film based on a little-known…...
Shattering the myth of Scottish exceptionalism will allow us to move forward
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (813+ words) DENIAL is a hell of a drug. Yes, from an electoral point of view, Scotland had become very different from the rest of the UK. From that, though, came Scottish Exceptionalism, hanging like a perfumed cloud over towns, villages and…...
Fears over 'dark money' funding hard-right anti-immigration groups in Scotland
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1693+ words) MEMBERS of an opaquely-funded organisation advised by a fundraiser for Donald Trump attended anti-asylum protests in Scotland, The Ferret can reveal, prompting fears so-called “dark” money could secretly fund hard-right groups. Great British PAC’s senior personnel have included men who…...