Clik here to view.
Opinion: What have the SNP ever done for us???
The Caledonian Mercury Monty Python's 'What have the Romans ever done for us?' sketch By Mark MacLachlan I was a wee bitty concerned when I was asked to write a piece for The Caledonian Mercury. A dull...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Salmond says SNP need 40 per cent of the vote to win election
The Caledonian Mercury Alex Salmond Picture: Harris Morgan Alex Salmond launched the SNP’s Scottish election campaign today with a warning that his party would need 40 per cent of the vote to beat...
View ArticleVideo: Patrick Harvie on why you should vote Green
The Caledonian MercuryThe Alternative Debate: In the spirit of open discussion, The Caledonian Mercury is giving the leaders of Scotland’s main parties the chance to explain why you should vote for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Salmond wins first debate as Gray fails to match the First Minister
The Caledonian Mercury Picture: Mark Hillary Alex Salmond emerged as the winner of the first Scottish leaders’ debate of the election campaign tonight – largely because Labour leader Iain Gray didn’t...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fun with the poll that gives independence an absolute majority
The Caledonian Mercury Picture: Gorriti By James Browne According to a TNS-BRMB poll for STV, the SNP and Greens are on course for a total of 69 seats in the Scottish Parliament, giving...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Electionspeak: vote
The Caledonian MercuryBy Betty Kirkpatrick If the word vote had remained true to its linguistic origins it would have been the politicians, not the electorate, doing the voting. Ultimately, the verb...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Election newsflash: Nowt happened yet
The Caledonian Mercury Holyrood debating chamber Picture: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body – 2011 12.15am update And we’re off. The telethon that is coverage of the Scottish General Election has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Election newsflash: Labour hold seat they were always going to hold
The Caledonian MercuryLabour have held Rutherglen. No surprise there then. But the SNP vote was up 16 per cent – a swing of 7.4 per cent from Labour. If that was replicated across Scotland, nobody has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scottsh Election: Labour and Lib Dems taking one hell of a beating early on
The Caledonian Mercury 3am update As the pundits painfully and relentlessly tell us: “It’s early days,” but the SNP are having a great night. Labour and the Lib Dems are not. To put it lightly. The Lib...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scottish Election: Labour leader hangs on, just, as colleagues washed away in...
The Caledonian Mercury Iain Gray Key points SNP landslide: huge gains in traditional Labour constituencies Lib Dem vote completely collapsing Regional seats not yet counted The Scottish Labour leader...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AUSTERITY – NOT EVEN HALF WAY THERE!
The Caledonian MercuryCentre for Public Policy for Regions – based at Glasgow University In a report that may sound like music to the ears of the “Yes” campaign, the Centre for Public Policy for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
COMMENT – 12 MONTHS UNTIL THE REFERENDUM
The Caledonian MercuryWe need a much better standard of debate about the issues 12 months from today, people living in Scotland will go to the polls to answer one simple question – “should Scotland be...
View Article
