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This is a welcome step forward, and I can foresee it being a central part of a Taggart plot soon. Paul McBride is right about this, even though he is too litigious and thin-skinned ever to be a practical politician. Full Article at The Scotsman
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HBOS was “finished” as a bank before its takeover last year, a director of the new Lloyds banking group said yesterday. Full Article at Wales Online
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THE views of experts are likely to feature heavily in the debate on the Alcohol Bill as it is dragged through the Scottish Parliament. Full Article at Press and Journal
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Labour leader Iain Gray yesterday warned that the greatest beneficiaries of devolution may not be the Scottish people. He said there is a danger that the winners would be some of the “elite” figures in government and politics. Full Article at Press and Journal
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Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the The Scotsman site. Full Article at The Scotsman
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Archie Kane, a main board member of Lloyds, said HBOS had "basically shut down" to the corporate and small business market as it was close to running out of funds. "It is quite clear that HBOS could not have survived on its own," he said. Full Article at The Scotsman
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HBOS was "finished" as a bank before its takeover last year, a director of the new Lloyds banking group said today. Full Article at ic Liverpool
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Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill disclosed this while facing questions from the Scottish Parliament''s justice committee on his handling of the release. Full Article at New Kerala
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Fiona Hyslop was replaced by culture minister Mike Russell just hours before the Scottish Liberal Democrats tabled a Holyrood no-confidence vote in her, which would have left the First Ministers credibility fatally wounded. Full Article at Daily Express
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IN THE end, Alex Salmond took matters into his own hands, before a no-confidence vote in the Scottish Parliament gave him no other choice, as he dispensed with the services of his education secretary, Fiona Hyslop. Full Article at Press and Journal
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FORCED RESHUFFLE: Alex Salmond with Fiona Hyslop. Full Article at Press and Journal
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MSPs are trying to secure greater protection in law for seals. Amendments to the Marine (Scotland) Bill, due to be debated in the Scottish Parliament, include a number seeking restrictions on shooting seals. Full Article at BBC News
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Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill revealed yesterday it was one of a raft of security measures taken to protect Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi as he was transferred from Greenock jail to a jet waiting to take him back to Libya after his 20 August... Full Article at Edinburgh Daily News
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The First Minister demoted Fiona Hyslop after failing in a desperate campaign to save her from a vote of no confidence in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday. Full Article at The Telegraph
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The Scottish Parliament has carried out a major consultation to help it formulate its Cycling Action Plan (JohnSeb, Flickr.com) The Scottish government has heard more than two-and-a-half hours of expert evidence ahead of formulating its Cycling Action... Full Article at BikeRadar.com
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Medical evidence to release Lockerbie bomber was 'quite clear', Kenny MacAskill tells inquiry Dec 1 2009 SCOTTISH Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill insisted today that the medical advice he acted on before releasing the Lockerbie bomber was "quite clear" Full Article at The Daily Record
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• Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi at a hospital in Tripoli in September Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was freed on compassionate grounds in August on the expectation that he had three months to live. This period has now passed. Full Article at The Scotsman
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Fiona Hyslop MSP has this morning been appointed Minister for Culture and External Affairs in the Scottish Parliament, after being axed as Secretary for Education. Mike Russell MSP will replace her on the education portfolio in a straight swap. Full Article at The Stage
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First Minister Alex Salmond has claimed political opponents could lose their Holyrood seats if they stand in the way of plans for an independence referendum. Full Article at Press and Journal
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Scotland’s First Minister yesterday unveiled plans for an independence referendum. Full Article at Wales Online
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 24: A woman stands outside the entrance of the Scottish Parliament where Kenny MacAskill made his statement over the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi on August 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 24: A general view of the Scottish Parliament where Kenny MacAskill made his statement over the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi on August 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 24: A genral view of the Scottish Parliament where Kenny MacAskill made his statement over the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi on August 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 24: A police woman stand outside the entrance of the Scottish Parliament where Kenny MacAskill made his statement over the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi on August 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 24: A general view of the Scottish Parliament where Kenny MacAskill made his statement over the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi on August 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 24: Protestors demonstrate outside of the Scottish Parliament ahead of Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's statement regarding the early release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, on August 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 24: Protestors demonstrate outside of the Scottish Parliament ahead of Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's statement regarding the early release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, on August 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 24: Protestors demonstrate outside of the Scottish Parliament ahead of Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's statement regarding the early release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, on August 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 24: Protestors demonstrate outside of the Scottish Parliament ahead of Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's statement regarding the early release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, on August 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Scottish Clan members stand under umbrellas outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland Friday July 24, 2009 at the Clan Convention. One hundred of Scotland's Clan Chiefs will gather for a Clan Convention as part of the Gathering weekend in the city ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT.
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 08: Margo MacDonald, talks with the media at the Scottish Parliament on December 8, 2008 in Edinburgh. Scotland. The Independent MSP, who has Parkinson???s disease, was launching a consultation on her plans for a new law to make assisted suicide legal.
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 08: Margo MacDonald, talks with the media at the Scottish Parliament on December 8, 2008 in Edinburgh. Scotland. The Independent MSP, who has Parkinson???s disease, was launching a consultation on her plans for a new law to make assisted suicide legal.
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 08: Margo MacDonald, talks with the media at the Scottish Parliament on December 8, 2008 in Edinburgh. Scotland. The Independent MSP, who has Parkinson???s disease, was launching a consultation on her plans for a new law to make assisted suicide legal.
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 08: Margo MacDonald, talks with the media at the Scottish Parliament on December 8, 2008 in Edinburgh. Scotland. The Independent MSP, who has Parkinson???s disease, was launching a consultation on her plans for a new law to make assisted suicide legal.
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Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond pauses during an interview with Reuters in his office in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh November 4, 2009. Wealth management could become more important for Scotland, bolstering the country's key financial sector, Salmond believes.
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Protesters march with a banner in a drumming parade to the Scottish Parliament to form a human banner in the shape of 350, to call on world leaders to take bold and immediate steps to address climate change and reduce pollution Saturday Oct. 24, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: Scottish girl guides walk down the Royal Mile during a centenary procession of 100 girls on September 10, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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There is no way the Liberal Democrats will be voting for a referendum on independence two months before a general election. That is my idea of a very silly political campaign and one that Mr Salmond would be delighted with. I do not have any interest in playing his games.
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This is not a real invitation for us. This is all about the SNP positioning itself for a blame game for the Westminster election next year and the Scottish Parliament one in 2011.
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These plans will create a stronger, more accountable Scottish Parliament within the framework of the United Kingdom
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Since the first day of devolution, the Scottish Government has been accountable for how it spends taxpayers' money. Under today's proposals they will also be held to account for how they raise it. We will give the Scottish Parliament greater freedom but also the responsibility to set the level of income...
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What we want to do now is have a system whereby the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government ultimately decides the size of the Scottish budget, by giving them additional powers over taxation.
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If this is the Government's big election pitch, then Labour backbenchers must be despairing that they have already lost. The vast majority of people in Scotland want more powers for the Scottish Parliament. Unless the UK Government publishes a Bill before Christmas, they're not going to get any change f...
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This is less legislative programme and more of a closing-down sale by a tired Government that is out of time. It is clear that time is up for the Calman Commission. If Labour were more serious about more responsibilities for the Scottish Parliament, the speech would have included actual legislation befo...
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This report highlights why Scotland's drugs problem cannot be tackled overnight. We need long-term cultural change, which is why we launched 'Road to Recovery', Scotland's national drugs strategy – this was supported unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. It outlines a long-term collaborative effort co...
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The Scottish Covenant was a petition to the United Kingdom government to create a devolved Scottish Parliament
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The recession demonstrated how much the success of the Scottish Parliament’s policies was based on subsidy from England. Most Scottish businessmen recognise London as the financial power base without which the Scottish economy would collapse.
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In a balanced Parliament situation, you are looking for economic and social gains that can be won by a bloc of SNP MPs working for Scotland. I think the constitutional issue in Scotland, whether it be the referendum on independence, the progression of Scotland to have real powers in the Parliament, that...
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The [SNP] government also recognises that there are a range of views on Scotland’s constitutional future other than independence and that these are represented in the Scottish Parliament. The National Conversation invites all shades of opinion to contribute to the constitutional debate, so that the peop...
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The Scottish Parliament made an early decision that needs to be looked at again. It was a mistake. It is likely that it will take many years to reverse. But that process needs to begin.
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This is a personal humiliation for Fiona Hyslop. The Scottish Parliament has tonight rejected her handling of school building in Scotland and she needs to admit that she is failing Scotland’s pupils, parents and teachers.
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I wonder how Liam McArthur’s call for yet more money to be spent on yet another part of the Scottish Parliament’s budget fits with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg’s call for savage cuts in public expenditure. Perhaps Liam McArthur would care to square that circle
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Scotland has lost a special son. Bill Speirs was in the vanguard of the campaign for a Scottish Parliament, always putting the national interest before narrow party interests.
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The Scottish Parliament has passed world-leading climate change legislation, and is a key illustration of the positive contribution Scotland can make to meeting global challenges ... Scotland should be at the centre of the Copenhagen climate change process, yet the UK Government wants to relegate us to ...
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The First Minister is more than happy to debate Scotland’s future with Mr Gray in the Scottish Parliament.
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In a Scottish context, of course the Scottish Parliament is pre-eminent as being an important source of law, but don't forget that the UK Parliament also has an important role
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I don't think you can change the atmosphere or culture of the House of Commons overnight, but what I can say is I respect the system here. I also think there are many progressive things about the Scottish Parliament beyond the atmosphere in the chamber.
– John Bercow SOURCE: The Scotsman
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