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Wee Blue Book arrives in Borders
Copies of the booklet that is taking the Scottish electorate by storm arrived in the Borders tonight. The Week Blue Book has been produced by Wings over Scotland, a pro-independence website, and was...
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Craig Murray is a former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan and a former Rector of the University of Dundee. Following a speech in St Andrews he wrote:- “I cannot begin to describe to you the incredible...
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Opportunity of a lifetime
By Russell Bruce Business for Scotland is a business organisation with a membership across the length and breadth of Scotland. Five videos have been produced to address the perpetual questions and...
View ArticleBusiness for Scotland looks at pensions , currency and cost of Independence
By Russell Bruce Real information and answers on people’s key questions from economist and Business for Scotland CEO, Gordon Macintyre-Kemp. Watch these three short videos and make up your own mind....
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Osborne ‘devalues’ pound
By Russell Bruce On Sunday morning on the Andrew Marr show Chancellor George Osborne was pressed by Marr on currency arrangements in the event of a Yes vote. Osborne was very, very clear. “Scotland...
View ArticleBBC’s Nick Robinson gets his 7 minutes of fame
BBC’s Nick Robinson denies getting 7 minute answer to his question. At Wednesday morning’s Yes Campaign International Media Conference the BBC’s political correspondent Nick Robinson got more than he...
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Judy Steel is voting Yes
Judy Steel is a weel kent figure in the Borders. For nearly 50 years she has campaigned for the Liberals in the Borders since the by-election her husband David won in 1965. Over that time Judy has...
View ArticleMiddle Meadow Walk
By Russell Bruce Scotland’s Story I have turned to video to capture an extraordinary part of Scotland’s modern narrative as people meet in public places to talk and exchange views and experiences. This...
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We are back
By Russell Bruce I have been quiet since the Referendum. It isn’t that I had nothing to say in the wake of a result we thought might be different. Other things were squeezed out and set aside and a...
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More powers
BORDERS GROUP By Russell Bruce The following submission was lodged with The Smith Commission on Friday 31st October It is proposed in this submission to make the connection between powers and...
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7 Mountains 7 Continents and why trees mean life
James Ogilvie on the summit of Everest By Russell Bruce Today a bit of a departure from politics and economics on this blog. There is more to life and how we find our place in this world on a long...
View ArticleMurphy leadership campaign leaks Smith Commission proposals
By Dorothy Bruce Dear Lord Smith of Kelvin, For the past few days I have been dismayed to see what are supposedly the findings of your commission splashed over the media as part and parcel of one of...
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Smith is important because his recommendations will be a disappointment
By Russell Bruce This article was written very late last night, but not published till today. With the Smith Commission report now out little requires to be amended It was always my view the Smith...
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Open letter to thon quine in Lundun
Dear Quine, Speeches are funny things and it is easy to get things wrong – just as I am not sure how to address you. I will be honest. I am a bit of a soft republican. So for me you are not the most...
View ArticleAnother Royal cock-up?
By Russell Bruce Possibly quite literally, if a widely-reported motion to a Florida court is found to have any substance. The Florida case, details of which were revealed by the Guardian on Friday and...
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Sheikhs in shakedown mode
What price a barrel of oil? Part 1 By Russell Bruce What price a barrel of oil? – is the thousand-dollar question. One thing we can be sure of is $1000 is not on the cards. For several years, between...
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Let me tell you a secret: ALL the oil is running out
WHAT PRICE A BARREL OF OIL – PART 2 By Russell Bruce There is question we are entitled to ask concerning the drop in the oil price – is the fall a rational price movement? We all know economists...
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TV debates: bring on the 52%
By Dorothy Bruce David Cameron, Ed Milliband, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage — do these guys have anything in common? Of course they have. All are Westminster politicians, unionists, all slightly differing...
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