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Who has the right to determine how Scotland votes?
There’s plenty of comment elsewhere in the blogosphere on David Cameron’s first serious intervention in the Scottish referendum debate, some of it very good indeed. So there’s no need to labour any of those points.
Perhaps more interesting is who is and who isn’t correct on both the technicalities and the ethics of how Scotland might declare ( Read more... ) -
Only a fool would call the Scottish independence referendum at this distance
Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled -
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led -
Welcome to your gory bed.
Or to victorie!
Punditry is not an art that suits the modest. Anyone asking people to take time and trouble to read their writing, let alone expecting them to pay for the privilege, is usually best advised to claim some sort of special knowledge or insight ( Read more... ) -
Guido Fawkes: "One Term Tories"
Much as I loathe Paul Staines and all he stands for, and much as I think divining too much from polls 15 months into a 4 year government is a mug's game, I don't think there's too much wrong with this analysis on order-order.com... -
The Wilkinsons and 'Christian' opposition to anti-discrimination laws
How have the Wilkinsons achieved virtual martyrdom status in UK conservative evangelical circles in the space of about 12 hours since Archbishop Cranmer reheated the story? Either they are as naive as they are projecting, or alternatively they knew the law, knowingly broke the law, and have little to complain about if they are then subject to the ( Read more... ) -
GCSE results up again - me, I blame the politicians
GCSE exam results set a new record. Um... yes, well that's been the case in every year bar one since the GCSE was introduced in 1988. Along with a gradual drift towards more coursework, more multiple-choice exams, continual narrowing of syllabi, and a reduction of pass marks to ludicrously low levels (16% for a Grade C in one Edexcel Maths paper ( Read more... )
