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Donald Dewar, George Reid and David Steel are pictured at the official opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Is further devolution the answer? GORDON Brown was a wonderful Chancellor. His ambition to be Prime Minister, however, overwhelmed him and unfortunately, like so many others before him, he was not up to that job when eventually he got it. Now it appears he is advising the present Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer on Scottish affairs ("Starmer to warn future of UK at risk without ...

She asks why this should be so difficult. There are several answers to her question. First, many of these candidates have spent years battling for nominations which will not be conceded lightly, especially if the chosen one is a Tory candidate. Second, both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have had their fingers severely burned in recent years following ill-advised alliances with the Tories – both are facing wipe-out in Scotland. Third, modern politics is a ruthless business, and to a...

AS we saw a fortnight ago, many of Glasgow’s people were vehemently opposed to the Union of 1707 and demonstrated passionately against it.  Yet the parcel of rogues got their way and on May 1, 1707, Glaswegians and every other citizen of Scotland faced the reality of the new incarnation of the unitary state that became known as the United Kingdom. The following year, Glasgow joined with Dumbarton, Renfrew and Rutherglen to elect the city’s first Member of Parliament, representing the...

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THE SNP has been accused of trying to rewrite history by promoting the teaching of propaganda and dangerous nonsense in classrooms.

The SNPs 27-page timeline is titled: The Road to the Scottish Parliament It begins its tale in 1296 when King Edward I of England invades Scotland – the Hammer of the Scots who is sensationalised in the Hollywood epic Braveheart One of Scotlands top historians has slammed the text as arrant propaganda SNP tells teachers it can inform key skills of political literacy in young people A Nicola Sturgeon-backed timeline of Scottish history for schools has been described as dangerous nonsense by th...

Sturgeon-backed Scottish history for schools is blasted as dangerous Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A Nicola Sturgeon-backed timeline of Scottish history for schools has been described as dangerous nonsense by the countrys pre-eminent historian. The Scottish Nationalist Partys 27-page narrative, The Road to the Scottish Parliament, begins in 1296 when King Edward I of England invades Scotland - the Hammer of the Scots who is sensationali...

From politics and culture to education and family life, Nicola Sturgeon's influence is felt everywhere

Heard more this a private setting. >> and a poe otential here is w sort legal paramount jim comey faced. based on what we learned, and i want to get your reaction to that very question when we look at that, caleb. and ill go to what tom devine told the "washington post." saying that another federal law may apply to comey. u.s. code title 18 section 151 that makes it a federal offense to anyone who with the intent to retaliate takes any action harmful to any person. including interference with th...

literally on a daily basis with bipartisan leadership in the senate, with the outstanding leaders in the house and of course with the make it safe coalition, with the advocacy groups and ith all of you, to make this bill the next step on the road to the president signing a whistleblower protection improvements statute that he can sign into law, and we are not flinching. we are redoubling our effort and very very much looking forward to working with the outstanding leadership in congres...