The running of Scotland's universities will become politicised under SNP proposals to introduce elections and quotas for key officials, experts have warned.
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Telegraph on 2nd Feb 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Lords leader says an upper chamber containing ‘the voice of people who want to break up the UK’ would be positive for Westminster
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FT on 31st Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
With the SNP calling for a Scottish Independence referendum, the question asked by the Labour party is how will this affect Wales. What they really asking is how will it affect the Labour party. Over the years Labour MP’s in England as relied on both Scottish and Welsh MP’s to hold a majority in the London governments. If Scotland was to become independent and Wales will lose 10 MP&rsq...
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AndrewNutt on 31st Jan 2012 (via andrewnutt.blogspot.com)
The SNP's opposition to the location of British nuclear weapons in Scotland is well-known, and it mirrors majority Scottish public opinion pretty accurately. MoD thoughts are now turning to the knotty problem: if Trident is kicked out of Scotland where will it go?
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LiberalConspiracy on 31st Jan 2012 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
A Labour councillor in Glasgow who had been de-selected by the party defects to the SNP.
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BBCPolitics on 30th Jan 2012 (via bbc.co.uk)
The SNP hails Scotland's historic 1989 Claim of Right, which helped pave the way for devolution, despite previously refusing to sign it.
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BBCPolitics on 26th Jan 2012 (via bbc.co.uk)
Michael Deacon watches PMQs, at which David Cameron tried to defend the latest growth figures, and taunted the SNP by quoting Burns.
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Telegraph on 26th Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Cartoonists like to portray Alex Salmond as a modern-day Braveheart preparing to charge the English enemy. But, in truth, Salmond’s strategy is far more subtle — and dangerous — than that. The SNP leader’s piece in The Guardian today — a preview of the Hugo Young lecture he’s delivering tonight — downplays what a dramatic step independence would be....
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Spectator on 24th Jan 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)
FORMER Army commanders have reacted angrily to plans for some of Britain's most famous regiments to be transferred into "Alex Salmond's home guard".
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Telegraph on 22nd Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)