How Scotland could end up with best of both worlds

12:36am Wednesday 15th August 2007

Will Hutton: Alex Salmond has called for a national conversation over his party’s white paper on Scotland’s constitutional future, but this is a national conversation that cannot and must not be Scotland’s preserve.

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Why complacency is not an option for Unionists

12:34am Wednesday 15th August 2007

Matt Qvortrup: Alex Salmond is usually a combative politician. Yesterday, however, he seemed more cautious when presenting the white paper on an independence referendum.

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Holyrood has ‘limited scope’ to halt post office closures

12:40am Thursday 24th May 2007

The Scottish Executive yesterday warned that it had little power to halt post office closures across the country.

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By KEVIN SCHOFIELD

Committees become first Holyrood battleground

12:01am Friday 18th May 2007

Holyrood's powerful committees are the focus of the first power struggle between parties at the Scottish Parliament, with the SNP hard-pressed to staff them all.

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By DOUGLAS FRASER, Scottish Political Editor

LibDems launch campaign for single transferable votes

12:01am Friday 18th May 2007

A campaign to have MSPs elected by the same mechanism as councillors was launched yesterday by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

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By ROBBIE DINWOODIE, Chief Scottish Political Correspondent

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