Author: Jill Stephenson

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Why I hate Edinburgh Airport

IT IS SAID that travel broadens the mind. Up to a point, perhaps. But in recent years my travels have tended to mean dealing with

July 14, 2021

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The nationalist pressure cooker is a dud

MANY OF US will remember the night Alex Salmond lost his Westminster seat of Gordon in 2017. It was a ‘were you up for Portillo?’

June 15, 2021

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Groundhog Day. Again. Obviously.

IT’S GROUNDHOG DAY. Again. The SNP wins an election and immediately demands a separatist referendum. The SNP has pretty much disowned the White Paper –

May 18, 2021

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SNP: hatred, delusion and the beginning of their end

WHY IS THERE so much hatred in Scotland? I don’t remember this as a factor in public discourse in most of the decades of my

April 27, 2021

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Nicola Sturgeon’s feet of clay

‘NICOLA STURGEON’S office trashes Alex Salmond inquiry after bombshell finding’, shouts the headline on Friday, 19 March 2021 from the Herald. There is something surreal about

March 22, 2021

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Flags, more flags, everyone’s flags – except our own

FLAGS have long been emotive emblems. From 1789 and throughout the nineteenth century, the warring sides in France were recognisable by their respective flags, the

February 23, 2021

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The pension lie and other separatist myths

WOULD YOU Adam and Eve it? The SNP’s propaganda rag, The National, has published an article called ‘Fears for pensions in an independent Scotland quelled in Yesser’s

February 10, 2021