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The vote could be closer than you think

Should Scotland break away from the rest of the UK? As Andrew Marr makes clear, the decision turns in the end on feelings about nationhood, not economics, and the result could be closer than the...

Estracts from memoirs and diaries

A tough question for the SNP

The SNP’s world view is narrow—and wrong

Scotland, if independent, could not assume that rejoining the EU would be easy—or cheap

Bronwen Maddox introduces the February issue

Identity, not economics, should direct the debate over Scottish devolution

The Tories have everything to gain from a Scottish independence referendum in 2010: the SNP, and New Labour, have everything to lose