Scottish Independence

*Blogs

Alex Salmond didn't live up to expectations last night.

Alex Salmond fails to find game-changer in independence debate

*Comment & Analysis

Scots unmoved by penises and George Osborne

The Political Week Online: Scotland, sex and spaghetti

*Comment & Analysis

Sean Dilley: 'Smoke in a car with me and I'm likely to squeal like a pig'

The week according to Sean Dilley

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First minister Alex Salmond has been accused by Better Together-backer Alistair Darling of "fundamental dishonesty"

Oil riches for Scots: Salmond ‘fundamentally dishonest’?

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Scotland may be celebrating independence in 2014 but MPs say their foreign policy has significant gaps.

Scotland foreign policy ‘needs more than goodwill’

*Comment & Analysis

Robin Tilbrook: 'The struggle for England must now go on but now with renewed optimism and vigour.'

Comment: The McKay commission is not enough – we need an English parliament

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England for the English? Report recommends majority English MP support for policies affecting only England

Key report: Support of majority of English MPs needed for English laws

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MDU advises doctors on how to prevent a delayed diagnosis in prostate and testicular cancer

Doctors need time to digest the GMC’s more detailed guidance (MDG), says MDU.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has expressed concern that doctors will have insufficient time to read and digest the General Medical Council’s (GMC) more detailed guidance (MDG) which has been published today and comes into effect on January 30th 2024, alongside the updated version of its ethical standards Good Medical Practice. The MDGs, cover a… Read more »

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Humanists UK welcomes Ofsted’s call to tackle illegal schools and improve RE

Ofsted has called on the Government to take action on illegal schools. The call came in Ofsted’s latest annual report, published yesterday. The report also highlighted that religious education (RE) provision in English state schools is ‘not fit for purpose’, and that independent faith schools perform very badly in Ofsted inspections. Humanists UK, which has led the… Read more »

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Legal opinion: anything other than UK's continuation as a state after Scottish independence would be a massive disruption

After independence: The UK carries on, Scotland starts all over again

A legal opinion published on Scottish independence states that Scotland would become a new state while the remainder of the UK would be a continuing state.

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