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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:42:00 -0800

The Negative-o-meter: 11 November
David KerrDuring this by-election I have run a 10k race, dug an allotment, called the bingo, spent an evening with an ambulance...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:45:00 -0800

The Negative-o-meter: 9-10 November
Willie BainI was delighted to learn that Sir Alex Ferguson has decided to endorse my campaign for Glasgow North East.As a...
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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:22:00 -0800

The Negative-o-meter: 7-8 November
David KerrAs the by-election enters its final lap the SNP campaign is really closing the gap on Labour and today's revelations...
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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:35:00 -0800

The Sunday Whip
This was something of a busy week, and not great for the Government, but they've had far worse.On Wednesday, there were a lot...
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:18:00 -0800

It's only bad if someone else does it, Part 5,904
From today's Herald:Direct train services between Glasgow and London on the troubled East Coast Main Line are to be axed under...
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:27:00 -0800

The Negative-o-meter: 5-6 November
In the week running up to the Glasgow By-Election, and to analyse in greater detail accusations of negativity, I thought I'd...
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:50:00 -0800

MacNumpty on your Mobile
Don't worry, I'm not hacking into your bluetooth, I've just registered with this new fad, so as to make it easier to read...
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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:33:00 -0800

The Sunday Whip
The return to business at Holyrood was relatively quiet and broadly successful for the Government - doubtless energies are...
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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:22:00 -0800

Has the meaning of 'Democrat' changed?
Well, yesterday was, as we know, the super-secret meeting of LibDem High Command. Well, I'm over-dramatising there - it was...
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:58:00 -0700

Labour Reshuffle
Whilst struck down with the manflu, I saw that Iain Gray has re-shuffled his team. I confess that at first I thought that it...
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:06:00 -0700

Mev, p'tahk!
Well, this has got me off my sick bed: nominations for the Glasgow NE By-Election have closed and we have learned that Mev...
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:50:00 -0700

My tupp'orth on the BNP
Let me begin this post by saying that I rarely watch Question Time. I don't find anything out from it that I can't find out...
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:30:00 -0700

In which Yousuf has a hissy fit
And I don't ever want to hear people like Will or others complain that Labour are negative when their campaign strategy has no...
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Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:14:00 -0700

Conference Call: Revved Up and Ready to Go
Well, that was that. For me, I leave Inverness having handed in a membership form for the Electoral Reform Society and having...
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:47:00 -0700

A Green Gain
As of yesterday, Councillor Debra Storr (one of the Aberdeenshire Four) followed in Martin Ford's footsteps and joined the...
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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:12:00 -0700

Patrick Hannan RIP
A few months ago, I received a copy of Patrick Hannan's latest book, A Useful Fiction: Adventures in British Democracy. I...
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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:53:00 -0700

Vote Labour, Get Tory Policies
Jeff has flagged up the new Labour campaign: 'Vote SNP, Get Tory'. I've already taken a look at whether or not that's...
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Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:40:00 -0700

The Old Firm and the SPL
As my old friend Rob has noted, that old chestnut of the Old Firm heading for the English setup is back. Again. Now, in many...
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Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:51:00 -0700

The Sunday Whip
Parliament has now gentle eased into recess, with a broadly consensual approach, save for the now regular education policy...
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Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:26:00 -0700

The Return of the Tory Stick
"Labour's campaign – Vote SNP, Get Tory – will put this issue centre stage between now and the general election."Thus...
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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:33:00 -0700

In Defence of Grammar Fascism
I thought that after reading this post by Yousuf, I should put my tupp'orth in. Now, it seems that people have been haranguing...
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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:15:00 -0700

The Sunday Whip
A Could-Be-Worse week at Holyrood for the Government, with a bloody nose on teacher numbers, but otherwise generally quite...
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:39:00 -0700

The Sunday Whip
This was broadly consensual, as I suspected last week, though the Road Safety Framework did produce dissent. Don't you just...
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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:19:00 -0700

The Sunday Whip
The return to Holyrood - well, the full return to business, following the other week's recall - was both a rather heavy and...
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Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:24:00 -0700

A Wind of Change?
As I mentioned yesterday, the Opposition Democratic Party of Japan has won a landslide victory in yesterday's elections,...
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