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The possibility of “gaming the system” in the Holyrood elections has always been present, with all but the SNP and three major Unionist parties primarily utilising it. It is not as easy or risk-free as those supporting Alba would like people to believe. In 2016, the SNP lost around 4% of its list vote to the Greens, allowing them to take four formerly SNP list seats. However, the drop in the SNP vote allowed Unionists to take eight formerly SNP list seats and lost them their majority. T...

ANY pretentions that the UK is a union of equals have been blown apart by Tory belligerence, according to the Westminster official who led the…

TODAY Professor Ciaran Martin publishes his report into Scotland and the prospect of a future independence referendum. Titled "Resist, Reform, or Re-run? Short- and long-term reflections on Scotland and independence referendums", it has been called "a must-read for politicians of all parties" by eminent Scots historian Professor Sir Tom Devine. Here, you can read in full Devines foreword to Martins new report. ********************************************************************** OVE...

NJ Today: Groups demand whistleblower protections Groups demand whistleblower protections This article features our Legal Director Tom Devine and was originally published here. Over 200 groups called on President Joe Biden and congressional leadership on Thursday to enact stronger whistleblower protection laws, especially to ensure that the government is fairly spending trillions of dollars in pandemic relief funding. A diverse group of 264 organizations, led by the Government Accountability Pr...

Several federal employee organizations signed onto the letter to President Biden and congressional leaders.

Search for: Press Release: Government Accountability Project and 264 Advocacy Organizations Call on President Biden and Congress to Pass Stronger Whistleblower Protections FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2021 Government Accountability Project and 264 Advocacy Organizations Call on President Biden and Congress to Pass Stronger Whistleblower Protections WASHINGTON—Today, Government Accountability Project is joined by 264 organizations in a letter to government leaders supporting accountability ...

By Hamish MacPherson Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender. The son of King James II and Mary of Modena IT is a common claim on the part of Unionists that the Acts of Union were set in stone in 1707 – and to be fair, before they passed the Acts, neither the English or Scottish parliaments seriously contemplated that the Union was anything but permanent. That is why, as I have written, there is no right or mechanism in t...

THE BIG READ: Final resting place of father of capitalism Adam Smith has resurrected Scottish slavery debate PREMIUM THE BIG READ: Final resting place of father of capitalism Adam Smith has resurrected Scottish slavery debate He is the most famous economist who ever lived, so the inclusion of Smith’s gravesite on an Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review Group list has not gone down well with historians such as Sir Tom Devine It doesn’t look controversial at first. But look a lit...

7 Mar 2021 The grave of Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Adam Smith has become the latest target of a Black Lives Matter-inspired review of sites supposedly linked to “slavery and colonialism” by Edinburgh Council. Adam Smith, known as the “father of capitalism” for his seminal works on economic theory, including The Wealth of Nations, has drawn the ire of the Scottish capital’s local government, a coalition between the left-wing Labour Party and the left-separatist Scottish Nation...

The Father of Capitalism Adam Smiths grave has been included in Edinburgh City Councils ludicrously biased dossier of sites linked to slavery and colonialism. The Scottish council last year launched a review of Edinburghs links to slavery and colonialism in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, led by human rights activist Sir Geoff Palmer. The Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review Group will consider how monuments and street names linked to oppression could be re-configured or pote...