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Holyrood Magazine
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 | Chit Chat McSpat
The Scotland Office Minister, David Cairns, has been hung out to dry for saying that constitutional reform was only an issue for the ‘McChattering classes’ and that’s unfair. His remarks may have been offensive, ill-informed and inflammatory, but what he said was more a true reflection of the thinking among the majority of Scottish Labour MPs than any belated, empty platitudes, spoken by the Prime Minister in defence of a ‘review’ of the powers of the Scottish Parliament which could, he said, even involve handing back some powers. Baloney! Cairns has been accused of being out of the political loop and painted as an embarrassment but perhaps Gordon Brown should talk to some of his fellow Sc...
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185 - 25th February 2008
Interview: Nicol Stephen, leader of the Scottish LIberal Democrats
Focus: Climate change
Insight: Organ donation
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 | The middle man
Mandy Rhodes interviews the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Nicol Stephen
It’s not every day that the Lib Dems trumpet the praises of the bumptious opinions expressed in the Telegraph but these are strange times politically and maybe you take comfort where you can. And while it is true that the true blue broadsheet may not be the normal bed fellow of the liberals, it is in its column inches that the Lib Dems have sought some succour during these stormy and uncertain times. It is...
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Climate of change
Rob Edwards examines what Scotland can do in the battle against climate change
The heat of the sun, the intensity of the rain, the force of the storm: these have always been natural phenomena, concocted by a power greater than humanity to warm, water and batter us.
But now something is changing, something so fundamental that it is altering the way we perceive the world. And as a result, we have to change the way we think, the way we talk and the way we act.
For the first time in history...
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| Insight |
 | Organ donation
Katie Mackintosh looks at the controversial issue of presumed consent of organ donation
“It’s difficult to describe what it is like waiting for the call that will save your life,” says Gill Hollis, “waiting and hoping but not knowing if it is ever going to come.”
Hollis was lucky; the call did come and earlier this month she celebrated the fourth anniversary of receiving a lung transplant.
“The greatest benefit is being able to live a normal life again,” she
says, “going out for supper...
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| The National Conversation |
Not on message
Gerry Hassan questions the purpose of two constitutional debates
The idea of a ‘national conversation’ sounds deeply attractive, overdue and a timely concept.
Who could oppose such an idea? Sadly, the ‘national conversation’ is a conversation in name only, while the Scottish Constitutional Commission is an equally controlled and contrived enterprise.
These two initiatives are failures in content and process. In content, the ‘national conversation’ seems an exercise in window dressing by...
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