Blogs about: Holyrood 2011
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For a New Scottish Democracy
By Gerry Hassan The concurrent Scottish, British and European debates go on as mostly separate, but interconnected conversations; political and economic parallel universes often seeming oblivious to t… more →
Bella Caledonia
For a New Scottish Democracy
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wrote 1 year ago: By Gerry Hassan The concurrent Scottish, British and European debates go on as mostly separate, but … more →
The Ump
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wrote 1 year ago: By Mike Small “The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party is very much alive and kicking. Th … more →
Cyber Brits and Fish & Chips
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wrote 1 year ago: By Mike Small Poor Iain Gray’s parting shot was odd. Mr Gray warned his future replacement: … more →
The Twilight of the British State: Alex Salmond, Scottish Independence and the European Question
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wrote 1 year ago: By Gerry Hassan This is a fascinating and fast moving period of politics, at a global, European, Bri … more →
Anger Management
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wrote 1 year ago: Talk of a ‘lack of a mandate for change’ for the SNP are vastly missing the point writes … more →
Report from the Scottish Independence Convention
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wrote 1 year ago: Elaine C Smith and Gerry Hassan at SIC event Kevin Williamson, Secretary of the Scottish Independenc … more →
Where Now for Scottish Labour?
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wrote 1 year ago: By John McAllion The SNP’s crushing electoral victory has changed Britain’s political union for ever … more →
The Weekend Starts Here: Win a Scottish Spring T-shirt
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wrote 2 years ago: The last few weeks have taken their toll on the Bella Caledonia team so we’re having the weeke … more →
The Socialist Left and the Scottish Election
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wrote 2 years ago: By James Doleman You do not need to be a psephologist to realise that the Socialist Left* in Scotlan … more →
Donald Dewar's Glasses
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wrote 2 years ago: By Gordon Darroch Donald Dewar will be remembered, among other things, as the last Labour figure who … more →
A Scottish Spring
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wrote 2 years ago: By Gerry Hassan It has been a very Scottish revolution. Peaceful, considered, calm, the mood almost … more →
It Was the Scottish People Wot Won It
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wrote 2 years ago: By Kate Higgins What will it take for the opposition parties to “get it”. Even as Alex S … more →
It’s A New Dawn, It’s A New Day
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wrote 2 years ago: By Peter Geoghegan For me, May 6 will always be remembered in quotes: from Mike Russell’s magnanimou … more →
A Liminal Moment
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wrote 2 years ago: By Mike Small ‘A relationship is like a shark. It’s got to keep on going forward. What w … more →
'In the Present and the Future You Will Need Something More' The Moment and Motives for Independence
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wrote 2 years ago: By Christopher Harvie I leave it to the Hootsmon to explain how I came to semi-evict the royal coupl … more →
Scotland’s Future Story of Hope: How we Defeat the Forces of Pessimism
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wrote 2 years ago: By Gerry Hassan Imagine this. If you were studying Scotland from a far off world, say Venus or Mars, … more →
What if?
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wrote 2 years ago: What If? Labour's 'ethical foreign policy had survived? By Mike Small There’s a new book o … more →
Elections, Independence, and the Democratic Space
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wrote 2 years ago: By Kevin Williamson (This article was originally written for the Scottish Independence Convention … more →
Japan, England and the Social Aspiration Gap
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wrote 2 years ago: By Mike Small Imagine a country riven by a culture of deference and conservatism, wholly dependent o … more →
