GORDON BROWN spent much of his political life telling Scots that they were better off in the United Kingdom. Now, apparently, he thinks those of
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FIXATING on whether Count Binface may be more successful in Clacton than in the fake by-election that brought Labour’s prince regent, Andy Burnham, back to
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DEAR MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Subject to SCVO grant approval – a formality, naturally – you are cordially invited, at the taxpayer’s expense, to
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“TO A FEW OF US here today this is a solemn and most momentous occasion, and yet in the history of our nation it is
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