Can Scotland keep the pound?
A tough question for the SNP
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Don’t count on it
Scotland, if independent, could not assume that rejoining the EU would be easy—or cheap -
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Rowan's downtime, Syrian stockpiles and after the games -
The best case for the Union
There used to be a pithy phrase about Unionists “killing Home Rule with kindness.” Yesterday, in the course of his first substantial speech on the constitutional question, the Prime Minister attempted to kill Scottish independence with emollience and a heavy dose of charm. It was, in short, the best articulation... -
Would the Tories surrender Scotland?
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The UK’s last chance saloon
The battle for Scotland began in earnest this week with David Cameron’s offer to give Alex Salmond the power to hold a decisive referendum on independence—but only if that referendum is held “sooner rather than later,” and only if it is on a clear in-or-out vote. Salmond’s response has been... -
Chanting Voltaire at Ibrox
Following extraordinary events in the Old Firm last year—including bomb scares at Celtic—Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond called an emergency summit on the supposed “scourge of sectarianism” in football. The outcome, of course, was always going to be more rules and regulations. The Scottish Parliament made a contemptuous and anti-democratic... -
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The curse of victory
From our archive: Prospect’s politics editor talks exclusively to Scotland’s first minister
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