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Foran debt
Politics Notebook #27: A note on one hell of a lawyer.
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Oh boy, a pro-independence majority!
Politics Notebook #26: Nationalists are talking up the prospect of a Yes majority at Holyrood. One problem with that…
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No shots fired
Politics Notebook #25: Independence bags a huge lead in a new poll.
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The unpalatable truth about Patrick Harvie
Politics Notebook #24: The Scottish Green chief is standing down as party leader but staying on as an MSP.
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Parliamentary motions
Politics Notebook #23: I’m low-key obsessed with Douglas Ross’s wild career choices.
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Sinema vérité
Politics Notebook #22: The former senator unleashes some truth bombs on progressive Democrats.
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Grits spirit
Politics Notebook #21: My 16-point plan for Mark Carney’s premiership.
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Stand down Starmer, stand down please
Politics Notebook #20: The petition that aims to bring down the government.
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If at first you don’t secede, try, try again
Politics Notebook #19: It’s ten years since Scotland voted against independence but the threat to the UK’s future remains.
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Who do you think you are kidding Mr Sunak?
Politics Notebook #18: Tory plans to bring Dad’s Army into the TikTok age are doomed to fail.
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Gordon Brown isn’t always wrong
Politics Notebook #17: The Union is in trouble, however much some of its partisans would rather pretend otherwise.
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Hunt’s tax blunts Ross’s attacks
Politics Notebook #16: The Chancellor’s oil and gas levy will undermine the Scottish Tories’ election strategy.
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