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Jill Stephenson

Jill Stephenson is a former Professor of Modern German History at the University of Edinburgh.

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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

Think Politics

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

Think Politics

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

Today's Thinking

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

Today's Thinking

How authoritarian is the SNP’s rule in Scotland?

JUST WHAT kind of regime does Nicola Sturgeon and her SNP lead in Scotland? It is no longer what we would consider a normal parliamentary

February 1, 2021

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Would you really put yourself ‘in for a penny….’?

IF ONE THING has bedevilled the SNP’s Scexit campaign, it is the currency issue. Losing the pound Sterling was one of the greatest concerns in

November 10, 2020

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Bridge Over Troublesome virus – playing bridge in the pandemic

I DON’T TEND to find myself with time on my hands. There is always plenty to do – I could, after all be tidying my

May 14, 2020

Think Business

Confessions of a small-ship cruiser

LOOKING DOWN from the white-painted church on a hill in Cartagena, Colombia, we surveyed the panorama of the harbour and sea front. In the harbour,

January 9, 2019

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