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Neunundneunzig Luftballons

THE DISCOVERY of a high-flying Chinese observation balloon over the USA caused a blush of red faces in Washington a few weeks ago. It was

March 6, 2023

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Will the tank go the way of the horse?

THE CURRENT WAR in Ukraine and the recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan have brought a renewed focus on the role of the

April 8, 2022

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Is Russia’s attack on Ukraine failing?

EIGHT days into the Russian onslaught into the Ukraine and things look like they’re not quite going to Vladimir Putin’s plan. Of course, nobody apart

March 3, 2022

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Where now for the Scottish independence movement?

IT IS NOW quite clear to most objective commentators that the campaign for Scottish independence has stalled. The polls are stubbornly stuck on average around

February 22, 2022

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Have Chinese Whispers played the First Minster?

IT’S NOT OFTEN that MI5 announces that there’s a spy in our midst, but that’s exactly what they have done with the disclosure that an

January 19, 2022

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My favourite read of 2021 – the Jim Sillars memoir

A Difference of Opinion: My Political Journey – by Jim Sillars Birlinn, 2021, 303 pages Paperback ISBN 9781780276830 THOSE OF US clutching our Christmas present

January 13, 2022

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Simply having a wonderful Christmas Time?

AT THIS TIME of year, every year, our ears and good taste undergo a determined and persistent assault from what have come to be called

December 23, 2021

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The joy of sexagenarians

THERE’S NO ESCAPE from it I’m afraid; we all get older. Even Dorian Gray was, in the end, unable to escape the ravages of time.

December 14, 2021

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Lobbyists just love Holyrood’s Cross Party Groups

AFTER RECENT scandals over MP’s moonlighting as lobbyists at the UK Parliament and receiving considerable amounts of cash for so doing, it has been suggested

November 30, 2021