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"For outsiders to see Scotland as their pain-free lab for radical economic experiments is no less contemptuous than the braying barons of Westminster"

The English left should stay out of the Scottish independence debate

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"British parties need a policy on Northern Ireland’s long-term future."

Northern Ireland is leaving the union – it’s only a question of when

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"She timed this to put May in this position and now May has done exactly what she wanted"

May just handed Nicola Sturgeon the greatest gift she could ever ask for

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"If Nicola Sturgeon has her way, there will be a second referendum on Scottish independence sometime between autumn 2018 and spring 2019."

Indyref2: Brexit comes home to roost

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"The manner in which her rhetoric negated her own policies on Brexit was uncanny."

Week in Review: The Brexit age of double-think

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"The expectation that Sturgeon will announce a second referendum is now widespread"

SNP mull Norway-style arrangement to solve their Brexit problem

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Pick of the Week: Scottish conspiracy theories

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Isle of Man passes Assisted Dying Bill – first local jurisdiction to do so

The Isle of Man has this morning become the first part of the UK and Crown dependencies to pass an Assisted Dying Bill. Humanists UK and its assisted dying coalition partner My Death, My Decision Isle of Man has welcomed the historic vote. The Bill will make assisted dying available to adult Isle of Man… Read more »

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All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Healthcare Workers established to highlight key areas of concern for healthcare professionals

The new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Healthcare Workers held its inaugural meeting yesterday in Parliament. The group, organised by the Medical Defence Union (MDU), has been established to highlight key areas of concern for healthcare professionals and discuss potential solutions. This includes issues such as improving the health and wellbeing of staff… Read more »

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This referendum is one of the oddest of them all

Analysis: The Scottish independence referendum is one of the strangest polls ever

Watching in Edinburgh the closing stages of the campaign for the referendum on Scottish independence it struck me as the strangest electoral process I have witnessed since Britain’s In/Out of Europe poll in 1975

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Gordon Brown: One of his best ever speeches

Gordon Brown was passionate, but the Yes campaign is shouting louder

Logic and argument have been left behind on the final day of campaigning in the Scottish independence referendum. Both sides, gathering for rallies in Glasgow, are now just trying to shout as loudly as they possibly can.

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