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How do the SNP achieve a second independence referendum?
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2019 by Paul Goldsmith
Whilst it is definitely Scotland’s decision on whether or not to leave the union, it is legally and constitutionally not …
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Why the SNP might make all the difference
Leave a commentNovember 7, 2019 by Paul Goldsmith
If the Tories do not win a majority, the SNP will likely be involved in supporting or creating the next …
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Is Ruth Davidson in the wrong Parliament now?
Leave a commentJune 15, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Theresa May would probably not be Prime Minister now if it wasn’t for Ruth Davidson. Jeremy Corbyn might have had …
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What your choice means at this election
1June 8, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
I am an unashamed centrist. I vote for what works. It gets me into ‘trouble’ with people who have far …
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Theresa May – just not debate-able
Leave a commentMay 2, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
From the very start of this General Election campaign, Theresa May has insisted that it is about who leads this …
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Scottish #Toryfightback on the cards?
Leave a commentMay 1, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Have a look at the charts above. They don’t indicate a political earthqauke, like is predicted in Wales, but there …
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Why is Scotland different?
1April 21, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Scotland is a country part in this General Election. The issues that matter there are very different from those that …
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SNP manifesto – the longest ransom note in history
Leave a commentApril 21, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
So there we have it. The manifesto season has closed with the SNP’s manifesto, launched by the all-conquering Nicola Sturgeon. …
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Why a Conservative / SNP pact after the General a Election is more likely than you think
Leave a commentApril 20, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Somewhere, deep in Conservative Party headquarters, under some kind of secret codename, and most probably dressed in black, will be …
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How Nicola Sturgeon somehow grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat…for David Cameron
3April 19, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The moment the Conservatives were waiting for in the Challengers debate for Opposition leaders came right at the end. Until …
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Lessons from The Godfather for Ed Miliband: Offer the SNP nothing.
Leave a commentApril 13, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Like the the ‘many’ fellow political obsessives in England, I spent Tuesday evening glued to my IPad as I watched …
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Renewal of Trident is NOT a condition of SNP putting Labour back in No 10
Leave a commentApril 11, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
“Remember: Ed Miliband stabbed his own brother in the back to become Labour leader. Now he is willing to stab …
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‘Nikileaks’ case might be the ‘Zinoviev letter’ of our times
Leave a commentApril 6, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Let’s get something out of the way first. It is possible but highly unlikely that Nicola Sturgeon did say to …
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The leaders’ debate. How they rated.Â
4April 3, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
So that was the mass debate (stop saying it quickly at the back). Seven adults shouting at each other repeating …
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Why the SNP must hope that Labour can form a government without them.
Leave a commentMarch 13, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Sometimes, when the Conservatives want to float a particularly controversial idea, but don’t want to have their fingerprints all over …
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Advice to Labour – leave the SNP alone after the election
Leave a commentMarch 10, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
What does 30 years of having little more to say to an electorate than “We’re not Thatcher, vote for us” …
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“The Nationalist” – a first pro-independence Scottish newspaper…ready for the next referendum?
1November 23, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
One of the most important complaints that Alex Salmond and the SNP had about the run up to the referendum …
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Now we know how much the SNP want a Tory government in the 2015 General election
Leave a commentNovember 19, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
So, now we know how desperately the SNP want the Conservatives to hold the balance of power at the next …
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Scottish Labour leadership contest – why it really matters to the rest of the UK
1November 7, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Nominations have closed in Scotland for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party. You may think that this has nothing …
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Nicola Sturgeon faces a full inbox, even without the opportunity of independence
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
There were some existential questions for the Scottish Nationalist Party after the referendum was lost. If there is little chance …
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