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Scottish Independence Referendum: Where does the Supreme Court ruling leave us?

The justices' ruling has kiboshed the Scottish Government’s plans to hold a vote next autumn

The SNP has all but given up on making a positive case for independence

The SNP struggles to get the ferries sailing, but it may find that its constitutional ship has sailed

When it comes to civil liberties, the SNP is an anomaly

Sketch on the Labour Party conference

Dogs don’t lie: do we value our artistic triumphs enough?

O'Neill: 'Universal services deliver unequal outcomes'

Soapbox: The battle for plain packaging - Sheila Duffy

Angela Leitch, chair of SOLACE Scotland, on how difficult times can also present opportunities

Parliamentary sketch: Neigh looking back

Colin Mair, chief executive of Improvement Service, on why councils must keep decision making open and transparent

COSLA president David O'Neill on the challenges facing local government

An outsider's guide to the Tory Party conference

Stewart Stevenson writes to Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind

How Cameron has taken transparency to a whole new level

Jack McConnell: ‘disaster response, resilience and recovery' should be included in UN development goals

Land value tax - a Liberal Democrat activist urges his party to adopt the Greens' policy

Professor Nicola McEwen examines the concepts of 'shared rule' and 'self rule'

Parliamentary sketch: National Marine Plan

Our relationship with age is all too often distorted by labelling and ignorance

The Soapbox: Government and midwives must work together - Gillian Smith

Labour and the SNP should stop attacking each other for working with Tories

A storm is coming: is this the end of the partnership between central and local government?

Parliamentary sketch: reaching for the Vow factor

D-Day for many of Scotland’s local authorities as they set their budgets amid protests

If the Vow didn't swing the referendum, then what's the justification for further devolution?

Playing by House rules - what 'Inside the Commons' taught us about Westminster