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Our aim is to report on the business of Parliament and the Government,
to stimulate debate within both institutions and to add to Scotland's
rich democratic culture.
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| Editor's note | Sound of silence
It would be a headline worth reading; ‘Wendy Alexander rendered speechless at FMQs’. Although more than a little hoarse last week, Ms Alexander’s silence was down to a bug rather than the reported advice from a psychiatrist that Salmond is intimidated by the strong, silent treatment. Illness, however, is a timely reminder to us all in this manic political bubble that we are desperately in need of the summer recess. Holidays are a time for reflection and planning and no party needs to do that more than the one led by the temporarily muted one. It’s been a tough 12 months for Ms Alexander with...
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194 - 30 June 2008
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| Interview |
 | Big mouth
Mandy Rhodes interviews human rights campaigner, lawyer and general thorn in the side of the establishment, Aamer Anwar
Coiled spring. That’s the phrase. He’s talking, I’m listening, he’s talking, and I’m trying to ask a question, he’s talking. It’s extraordinary; this man doesn’t draw a breath. I sit with my mouth opening and closing, like a goldfish, poking the air with a stray finger as I try and get a word in – none of this qualifies as a good look – while he rants from one bone of co...
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| Insight |
Inside fix
What should we do about the problem of drugs in our prisons?
Rory Cahill looks at the model used in Pennsylvania which is what the Tories would like introduced in Scotland
Circles don’t get much more vicious than that of drugs and prison. The majority of those coming into our prisons have drug addiction issues, creating a demand and the ultimate captive market. So inevitably, there are drugs available in those same prisons. And because they can get drugs in prison, when they come out, it...
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| Focus |
 | Going for gold
Kerry Lorimer looks at what Glasgow can expect from the Commonwealth Games legacy
Glasgow is a city that, when it comes to legacy, is taking no risks. The history of mega sporting events is characterised by costly extravaganzas that promised more than they delivered; glitzy celebrations of sporting glory that left nothing but trodden-on streamers and a big overdraft in their wake.
The Glasgow Commonwealth Games are a hair over six years away, but work on the all-important legacy is well...
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