Sea bass and manufactured normality
David Cameron is in Morrisons picking up his messages? You’d think he was trying to differentiate himself from rich bankers or something…
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The Windsors – political activists
Surely the week’s news should dispell any suggestion that the Royal Family is just a bit of harmless fun
Entirely neutral government statistics? Really? Where?
In today’s Scotsman academic Arthur Midwinter claims that the Scottish Government is not being honest about statistics. This would not make them an isolate case…
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This is real progress in the reform of universities
Rector-elect of Edinburgh University looks at the proposals for reform of the governance of universities and finds a promising start.
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Parliamentary democracy and the art of the expected
Sometimes it really is a bit galling to hear Westminster politicians criticising the level of scrutiny at Holyrood – and today is one of those days…
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Why amn’t I cheering about the lynching of Goodwin?
People on the left might be expected to be first in line to celebrate the removal of Fred Goodwin’s knighthood – but we know a distraction when we see one…
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SCND report reveals that Trident would have nowhere to go if Scotland asked it to leave.
A new report from Scottish CND looks in detail at potential alternative locations for Trident and argues that none of these are viable. Read the report at www.banthebomb.org/ne/images/stories/pdfs/nowheretogo.pdf
Can’t see the poverty for the knighthoods
Not only is Knighthood-gate a distraction from the rest of the annual bonus round, can it be a coincidence it comes as the Welfare Bill makes the commons?
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