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Four successive prime ministers have been placed under zero pressure to concede to Scotland’s demands
Scottish Independence

Four successive prime ministers have been placed under zero pressure to concede to Scotland’s demands

Writing in our special 500th edition, former First Minister Alex Salmond looks back at devolution and to the future of the constitutional debate
by Alex Salmond
Greg Hemphill: I moved to Scotland aged 18, and was instantly at home

Greg Hemphill: I moved to Scotland aged 18, and was instantly at home

Those unwilling to accept difference don’t define who gets to be Scottish

Those unwilling to accept difference don’t define who gets to be Scottish

Scotland feels like a country hungry for its future and renewing the idea of itself

Scotland feels like a country hungry for its future and renewing the idea of itself

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Sketch: Gordon MacDonald wants more robots
Louise Wilson
by Louise Wilson

Sketch: Gordon MacDonald wants more robots

MSPs consider what the world would be like if automatons took over
We need to start preparing for the impact of thousands of climate migrants
James Curran and Sam Curran
by James Curran and Sam Curran
Environment

We need to start preparing for the impact of thousands of climate migrants

Scotland could expect to see between 250,000 and 1.5m climate migrants by 2050, says James Curran

Switching off: Darling won the TV debate but Salmond was not the biggest loser

The sound of silence

May you live in interesting times

Secret agreements to rule the waves

The Neverendum – the constitutional nightmare that never goes away

Flying the flag

The civil servant's puzzle

Ground control to Major Willie

Eurovision spin contest

Small world

Oil and trouble

Are the SNP holding back Scottish independence?

Imperial America’s decline

Wee fish, big pond

Tories score own goal

Europe matters, so does Scotland

Shaken, not stirred

Is it time to break up with the independence divorce analogy?

15 minutes of maybe
Society & Welfare

Choosing poverty

Yes, no, maybe

The F-word

Cards on the table

Owl's well that ends well
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