Scotland

  • The End Of the Union?

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    As constitutionally momentous occasions go, Monday October 15th, was a rather subdued affair. Two men sat down together in Edinburgh and quietly signed an agreement. The news coverage was brief and no panic or hullabaloo was reported on the streets. Yet the agreement that was signed that day, now dubbed the “Edinburgh Agreement”, could herald

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  • Moments when the world stops

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    Many years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting David McTaggart, founder of Greenpeace. David was a charismatic and charming man and his company was easy and friendly and very entertaining. Our conversation that day, however, did not, as you may imagine, hang on the perilous state of planet earth. Rather, David was more intrigued

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