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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 | Political Reservations
The First Minister is constantly accused of picking fights with Westminster. He has voiced his opposition to a new generation of nuclear power stations and to the replacement of Trident, has accused the UK Government of letting down soldiers in Iraq and unequivocally backed his ministers in their calls for increased powers to deal with drink-driving and the control of firearms even though it is clear that the responsibility for these matters are, according to the Scotland Act, nothing to do wi...
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188 - 7th April 2008
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| Interview |
Righting a wrong
Mandy Rhodes interviews Lord Barnett, the nice man behind the infamous formula
For even the most committed of political anoraks, Hansard can make for dull reading, but trawling through the weighty pages of faithfully recorded utterances made in the House of Lords can feel terminal. No wonder so many of the lords and ladies of the house fall asleep on their buttoned, red leather seats. But turn to volume 698, number 48 of Thursday February 7 2008 and the debate from the Liaison Committee i...
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| Insight |
 | Bigging up Scotland
Katie Mackintosh examines Scotland's obesity problem
When First Minister, Alex Salmond, visited America last week to mark the 10th anniversary of the US Senate’s Tartan Day resolution he was keen to stress the deep-rooted historical links between the two countries. The occasion, which has this year been re-branded “Scotland week”, is a yearly opportunity to celebrate the cultural, economic and academic achievements of Scots and the shared sense of heritage that binds the two countries...
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 | It's a small world
As the Government prepares to unveil its international strategy, how should Scotland promote itself abroad, asks William Peakin
Bill Hill was sceptical about what the politician would say. Born in Glasgow’s east end, the son of a steel worker, Hill’s father and mother instilled in him a love of the printed word. After Allan Glen’s School and Heriot-Watt University, he went into newspapers, including a long stint at The Scotsman, before the emerging world of personal computers drew him to ...
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