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Sunday, 8th November 2009

Ian Swanson

Ian Swanson: Will Scottish voters think independently? With Westminster and Holyrood elections looming, Political Editor Ian Swanson, examines whether the SNP is any closer to realising its dream of a go-it-alone Scotland

You've never had it so bad FIFTY years ago today, Tory Prime Minister Harold Macmillan won the 1959 General Election, campaigning on the message "You've never had it so good".

Ian Swanson: Independence fight a battle already lost? The SNP are pushing for a referendum on the subject of independence, yet it seems that the issue set to dominate the political agenda will only have one ending

Ian Swanson: Bomber's release just won't depart the Holyrood agenda KENNY MacAskill will face MSPs again next week over his decision to release Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi.

Ian Swanson: Candidates to slug it out for safe city seat

Iain Swanson: Scapegoats fail to draw a line under expenses

Ian Swanson: It's time to make MPs with second jobs pay

Ian Swanson: Between a rock and a hard place on Calman

Ian Swanson: New approach to community role could be Kirk's salvation

Ian Swanson: Trials and triumphs ..but no more medals

Ian Swanson: Leaders know value of Scots observation post

Ian Swanson: Holyrood model unlikely saviour

Ian Swanson: Labour's Euro warning

Ian Swanson: Darling shouldn't be the biggest casualty

Ian Swanson: Expenses scandal makes euro vote anyone's guess

Ian Swanson: The MPs who'll pay for expenses

Ian Swanson: With worshippers and ministers in increasingly short supply, the Church of Scotland faces a tough challenge, but leaders insist it will survive

Ian Swanson: Time our MPs got back in touch with real life

Ian Swanson: Rival leaders on a collision course

Ian Swanson: What a difference a decade makes..

Ian Swanson: So what's Holyrood really done for us?

Ian Swanson: Talk far from cheap in debate on budget

Ian Swanson: A long way down road to independence

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