Scotsman.com News - Leader comment http://news.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=8404 en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk NS http://news.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=8404&format=rss Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:36:13 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://news.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/NS_rss.gif news.scotsman.com http://news.scotsman.com 281 70 This was as much about the election as the state of the economy http://news.scotsman.com/leadercomment/This-was-as-much-about.5899058.jp IT WAS, formally, a Pre-Budget Report but Alistair Darling's statement to the House of Commons yesterday and the subsequent publication of a welter of facts and figures ma http://news.scotsman.com/leadercomment/This-was-as-much-about.5899058.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT In the name of justice, don't forget Precious http://news.scotsman.com/leadercomment/In-the-name-of-justice.5898926.jp ANGELA Faye Smith, an American mother who was facing deportation from Scotland and leaving her two young children behind her, yesterday won her fight to remain in Britain. http://news.scotsman.com/leadercomment/In-the-name-of-justice.5898926.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Avoiding new tax could be an art in itself http://news.scotsman.com/leadercomment/Avoiding-new-tax-could-be.5898931.jp ACROSS the banking world this morning, the finest minds of finance will be hard at work seeking ingenious ways to dodge Alistair Darling's plans for a 50 per cent tax on http://news.scotsman.com/leadercomment/Avoiding-new-tax-could-be.5898931.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT