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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 | Taxing lyrical
It’s true that the best tax is the kind you don’t have to pay so putting forward a new one that was basically worked out on the back of an envelope was never going to win plaudits for the SNP. So why bother? The party promised in its manifesto to rid Scotland of the discredited Council Tax but it also promised to get rid of student debt and reduce class sizes to 18 and it hasn’t achieved that so why come over all honourable over a local income tax (LIT) that it hasn’t thought through, may be i...
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192 - 2 June 2008
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| Interview |
 | Political Beast
Mandy Rhodes interviews Minister for the Environment Michael Russel about life second time round in the Scottish Parliament
Loss affects us all in many varied ways but for Michael Russell, the Minister formerly known as Mike, the loss of his parliamentary seat in 2003 saw him thrown into the political wilderness and an enforced period of personal introspection that has seen him return to Holyrood having undergone a remarkable transformation.
The words; acerbic, arrogant and even nasty w...
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| Focus |
Crossing a line
Marcello Mega examines the proposals to reduce the age of sexual consent
LIKE an ever-growing band of young Scottish females, Carol’s introduction to sexual intercourse occurred when she was under the age of consent. The manner of the loss of her virginity, again like many Scottish girls, was not of her choosing.
Carol had just turned 15 when she started going out with Tam. He was two years and four months older. He had a job and a car and she fancied him like mad. She wanted to keep him...
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 | Plugging the gaps
Cera Murtagh considers the current issues for economic migrants in Scotland
Surprisingly for its size and peripheral location, Scotland has always been an outward looking nation with a steady flow of incomers. Since the industrial revolution, economic migrants looking to improve their fortunes from places like Ireland, Italy and Eastern Europe, have been enticed north by Scotland’s jobs markets. It seems fair to say that immigration has played a formative role in Scottish history and to a...
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