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Lib Dem omnishambles over ‘politicisation’ of Royal Highland Show

By Ed Jacobs | Published: June 13, 2013

Further questions must now be raised about the competence of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland as one of its leading members urged a Scottish minister not to politicise the Royal Highland Show despite one of the party’s own MEPs launching the ‘Rural Better Together’ campaign at the very same show.

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Scottish independence poses risk to UK welfare system

By Ed Jacobs | Published: June 12, 2013

Immediately separating the administration of the welfare system in the event of Scotland opting to become an independent state “would present serious risks to the continuity of payments to people in both Scotland and England”, according to a new report.

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Better Together needs to get its house in order

By Ed Jacobs | Published: June 7, 2013

David Cameron will today use his speech to the Scottish Conservative Party Conference in Stirling to once again rehearse the arguments in favour of Scotland remaining within the family of the United Kingdom. “There is”, he will say, “simply no challenge we face today where breaking up Britain is the right answer”.

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Scottish teenagers against independence – new poll

By Ed Jacobs | Published: June 3, 2013

A new survey has found that those aged between 14 and 17 are largely opposed to Scotland becoming independent.

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Scottish Tories split on devolution

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 28, 2013

A former Conservative Scottish secretary has called (£) moves by the party north of the border to increase the powers afforded to the Scottish Parliament a “suicide mission”.

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SNP deaf to economic issues that really matter

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 21, 2013

All of a sudden, the debate around Scotland’s future has gained the kind of substance that many have been yearning for.

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Prospect of EU exit boosts support for Scottish Independence

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 20, 2013

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 increasingly isolationist rhetoric is now becoming apparent.

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Scotland’s big beasts go head to head (sort of) over independence

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 13, 2013

Two of Scotland’s biggest political beasts will be pitched against each other later today in the debate over the country’s future.

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Support for Scottish independence declines again

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 9, 2013

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 2011.

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Welfare reforms ‘Kafkaesque’ say Scottish doctors

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 6, 2013

Doctors across Scotland have attacked the operation of the government’s welfare to work health assessments as “Kafkaesque”, with GP leaders warning that Scottish doctors are being “flooded with additional avoidable work”.

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