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I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the article by Judith Duffy (Sunday National, January 3) but must take issue with the statement by Professor James Ker-Lindsay on the role of London with reference to Scottish independence. If I may be permitted to precis him: the international community will be looking for London to give permission and we have to accept that is how the international system works. A very interesting viewpoint. There are a few important premises that get in the way of this argument: 1...

I WAS curious to read the moderate view of the former SNP “spin doctor”, Kevin Pringle, in rejecting the short time frame for a referendum to be conducted next year – the first year of the newly elected Scottish Government, no doubt it will be an SNP one (Indyref will not happen in 2021, says former SNP spin doctor, December 28)! Mr Pringle opines that indyref2 is a matter for the medium term of the Scottish Parliament and not the short term of 2021. I wish to challenge that assertion...

Comment It seems unlikely that the UK Government will let Scots students stay part of any scheme which could be positive for confidence building and opportunity SCOTLAND is currently moving from the third phase of grieving for the loss of our EU status into the fourth and final stage. Feelings of sadness, anger and despair, so typical of this third phase, seemed to be epitomised in the news this past Christmas weekend that now the UK has struck a deal with Europe, we will no longer be part ...

5 min read Over the years, the Scottish Tories broke one promise after another – lining up behind their Westminster bosses and imposing a hard-right Brexit that Scotland firmly rejected. Douglas Ross enthusiastically backed Boris Johnson’s Brexit that’s simply disastrous for Scotland, and he would probably prefer if people forgot what they’ve said. To remind the Tories, here are just some in a string of their lies, deflections and broken promises. Young people’s opportunities: abando...

Tom Gordon: A once-in-a-generation change is coming to Holyrood THAT ancient Scottish riddle, the length of a generation, has been much on my mind this week as the paper has run the best of the best from the Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards. Helping to judge and write up the list of the overall winners since the start of devolution was a bitter-sweet trip into the cuttings library. There were familiar faces, forgotten faces, miraculously elected faces; some truly chilling hai...

Nicola Sturgeon said the loss of the programme is deeply, deeply regrettable THE UK Government has been accused of “cultural vandalism” as students look set to lose access to the EU’s Erasmus exchange programme from next year. The programme, which former SNP MEP Winnie Ewing was instrumental in setting up in 1987, allows students to study abroad in Europe. More than 4000 institutions participate in the scheme. According to reports earlier this week, negotiators have been unsuccessfu...