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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 | Banking on a future
It’s politics, stupid, it’s politics. As plans to save the global economy become more and more desperate by the day and governments try to present bank buyouts, mergers and
collapses as good news, not bad, it is becoming increasingly obvious that this is no longer about the economy, but is all about political survival. For Gordon Brown, at least, the current crises must look like a gift from God but as political leaders from here to…well, America look for short-term fixes to long-term i...
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197 - 6 October 2008
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| Interview |
 | Mapping it out
Mandy Rhodes interviews Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism
IIf ever someone was to write a self-improvement book to inspire a nation then Jim Mather would be the man. Mather’s unfettered enthusiasm for business gurus and mind-mapping mystique is legendary and well rehearsed yet he manages to get you over the threshold of cynicism and into the room called ‘I believe’.
Basically, for a politician with such a long-winded title – Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Touri...
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| Focus |
 | Trebles all round
When we drink these day, the world drinks with us. Rory Cahill looks at the globalisation of drunkenness and asks what measures we can really take to stem the flood of booze
It’s late on a summer night in central Edinburgh as the pubs are emptying out and a group of young Italians are talking loudly and drinking takeaway coffee and generally being Italian. Coming up the road, a group of local lads visibly the worse for wear.
As is the way with these things, it happens quickly. One of th...
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| Insight |
 | Luck of the draw
Kerry Lorimer examines the impact of the Big Lottery Fund on Scotland's voluntary sector
“Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs.”
That, according, to Dilbert creator Scott Adams, is the principle behind love, religion and, most crucially, lotteries – which is why millions fork out for National Lottery tickets in the hope that one day the golden hand will be pointing at them.
Regardless of the odds...
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