Tag Archives: Scotland
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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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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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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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It’s not what was in Jeremy Corbyn’s “Standing to Deliver” plan that matters. It’s where he launched it.
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
It has been almost year since a Labour politician stepped up to a microphone in Scotland without trepidation at the …
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Nothing can be ruled out when it comes to post-election deals
Leave a commentMarch 28, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
A few weeks ago, the Conservatives released a poster by their advertising agency containing a large Alex Salmond with Ed …
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EVEL is not evil. But it will take time.
Leave a commentDecember 19, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
In the last few days before the Scottish Independence referendum, Alistair Darling, the leader of the “No” campaign, pleaded …
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The fall in the oil price shows that sometimes “it’s the politics, stupid”
Leave a commentDecember 11, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The oil price has halved over the past year. It is now at $72 a barrel having been up around …
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The unworkable Smith Commission proposals are a road map to a second Scottish independence referendum
Leave a commentDecember 3, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
How sad that in their determination to throw the kitchen sink at winning a referendum that any understanding of the …
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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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Why David Cameron might have been better off after a “Yes” vote.
Leave a commentSeptember 21, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
I have a feeling that David Cameron might end the next few months wishing that Scotland ahead indeed voted for …
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We need to act against Islamic State, at least whilst we still have some influence
Leave a commentSeptember 11, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Today, the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks which killed over 3000 people and launched us into what seemed to …
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It will be hard to build the Socialist Republic of Scotland if you are relying so much on other peoples’ money
Leave a commentSeptember 10, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
One of the reasons for the momentum that the “Yes” vote has been gaining has been the switch of allegiances …
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“YES” they can. Our last chance to persuade the Scots not to.
Leave a commentSeptember 8, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The galloping hooves of an impending constitutional crisis got much louder yesterday morning with the publication of the first official …
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Whatever Cameron says, Scotland is sliding towards a “Yes” vote
Leave a commentMay 15, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
David Cameron visited Glasgow today to make an appeal to the Scottish people to vote “No”. He argued that doing …
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