ONE of the SNP's senior figures is calling for the party leadership to do more to sell the vision of independence, warning that a fear of "scaring the horses" mig
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Scotsman on 14th Mar 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
This is what I said in November, when it was Open Season on SNP bloggers: However, those sneering at the Cybernats, those calling this the SNP's Drapergate should realise that the loudest SNP voices in the blogosphere are a standing rebuttal to every allegation thrown at the SNP (well, I would say that, wouldn't I?) and that we are the first to wonder how to deal with those who (rightly)...
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JArthurMacNumpty on 9th Apr 2010 (via macnumpty.blogspot.com)
The head of the commission on Scottish devolution says the SNP has no right to criticise if it did not get involved.
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BBCPolitics on 29th Mar 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
According to Nicola Sturgeon, the signs are "extremely encouraging" and she came a hair's breadth away from outright calling it a win for the SNP. Incredible!Douglas Alexander looks like he's about to sink into the back of his chair.
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SNPTacticalVoting on 24th Jul 2008 (via snptacticalvoting.blogspot.com)
PLANS to scrap the body tasked with keeping criminals out of the security industry have been branded "very dangerous" at the SNP annual conference.
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Scotsman on 16th Oct 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
A row has broken out between Labour and the SNP over claims people have been receiving automated phone calls asking how they will vote in next week's European elections.
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TheHerald on 26th May 2009 (via theherald.co.uk)
The SNP is calling for talks with the UK Government about the prospect of commercial space flights from an RAF base.
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TheHerald on 26th Dec 2008 (via theherald.co.uk)
The SNP is calling on the UK Government to delay next month's VAT rise to ensure businesses can recover from the effects of the severe winter.
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Scotsman on 28th Dec 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
SNP external affairs minister Fiona Hyslop claims government plans to give Scotland new powers to control a third of its budget could be a "Tory plan that will sell Scotland short".
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BBCPolitics on 30th Nov 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
The SNP, like the Tories, used to campaign vigorously against nationalisation, seeing it as the transfer of control over Scottish industries from Scotland to London. It then went through a phase (as I recall, under the same Leader as at present) of calling for the renationalisation of this and that in an independent Scotland, together with the repeal of the entire corpus of anti-trade union legisl...
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DavidLindsay on 11th Oct 2008 (via davidaslindsay.blogspot.com)
The Guardian is reporting on Plaid and the SNP’s decision to put forward bid to call an early general election as part of their allotted time in Parliament next Wednesday. The Plaid-SNP debate will put pressure on Clegg and Cameron. Either they will have to support the Plaid Cymru and the SNP in setting the political agenda or their bravado in calling for an early election will be seen as no...
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GuerrillaWelshFare on 2nd Jun 2009 (via guerrilla-welsh-fare.blogspot.com)