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Tory general election victory would safeguard the Union, says Annabel Goldie
Source: Telegraph

Tory leader in Scotland Annabel Goldie states that the Conservatives and their leader, David Cameron will back the Union and the commitments between Scotland and England.

SNP now control Dundee City Council

After a vote the Scottish National Party (SNP) now control the council of Dundee City.

Fake letter bombs sent to Scottish political addresses

A member of the Scottish National Liberation Army (SNLA) has sent a fake letter bomb to a number of political addresses including the Scottish First minister, Alex Salmond.

Mayhem at Scots Parliamemt as Budget kicked out by Green Party Votes
Source: Telegraph

Excellent ranting opinion piece by only Political editor of English Daily Telegraph based in Edinburgh

Scottish Home Repossessions Double
Source: The Glasgow Herald Newspaper

Another Article by the Glasgow Herald thay mysteriously disappeared. There just happens to be an Election for the seat of Glenrothes,Fife,Scotland that Gordon Brown has staked his Leadership of the New Laboyr Government in London.

Expert Claims Independent Scotland Finacially Viable
Source: Glasgow Herald Newspaper

This is an article that was in the Glasgow Herald for a couple of hours, and then mysteriously just disappeared. We Scots are well used to a hostile UK Establishment, that tries to suffocate the growing demand by the Scottish Nation to seperate our Nation from the UK.

007 Dithers Daintily (and who can blame him)
Source: dailyrecord.co.uk

Commendable Connery has found a fence well worth sitting on. He has a good nose for a sectarian minefield. His idea of a joint Celtic-Rangers team to take on Brazil was a masterstroke. Great pity it was so arbitrarily dismissed.

Catastrophe for Labour as SNP triumphs in Glasgow East
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Gordon Brown suffered his most severe byelection setback in a summer of electoral routs early this morning as the Scottish National party won a dramatic victory in the Glasgow East contest, taking the once staunch Labour seat with a majority of 365 votes.

Scottish National Party take Glasgow East from Labour.

Live at 02.22, the result of the Scottish Glasgow East By-Election. John Mason. SNP. = 11,277. Margaret Curran (Labour) = 10,912. A Scottish National Party majority of 365 votes. This, after a recount, demanded by the Labour Candidate.

Wind farms: now we've got the biggest in Europe
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ALEX Salmond declared Scotland on the brink of a renewables revolution yesterday as he gave the go-ahead for the largest wind farm in Europe. The First Minister told the World Renewable Energy Congress in Glasgow the green light had been given to a 152-turbine project in South L …

Sean Connery's book leaves his story untold
Source: The Times

"Sean Connery has once again found himself on the receiving end of media criticism, this time because his forthcoming book with Murray Grigor is more about his personal reflections on being Scottish, rather than about who he is as a man, and much has been made of what it isn't  …

Only third of Scots favour independence
Source: Telegraph

Despite the best efforts of Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, a YouGov survey for the Daily Telegraph reveals that a majority of voters favour the status quo delivering a blow to those who want to break up the Union.

ASDA warns over Scottish drinking laws
Source: Telegraph

Asda, the UK's second largest supermarket, has warned that it could circumvent plans by the Scottish National Party (SNP) to restrict the availability of cheap alcohol in Scotland.

Salmond's seduction wins over business - Scotsman.com News
Source: Scotsman.com News

A SCOTSMAN survey today reveals the Scottish National Party is winning the battle for the hearts and minds of Scotland's business community.

Alexander delivers stinging attack on SNP's 'favoured friends' policy - Scotsman.com News
Source: Scotsman.com News

WENDY Alexander yesterday launched her fiercest assault to date on the Scottish Government, accusing Alex Salmond of granting privileged access to his rich and powerful friends.

CBI: Forget Scotland's National 'conversation' and get on with running country - Scotsman.com News
Source: Scotsman.com News

ONE of Scotland's leading business figures has criticised SNP ministers for wasting their time pushing a "conversation" on independence when they should be growing the economy.

Westminster talks to set unionist agenda for the future of Scotland - Scotsman.com News
Source: Scotsman.com News

SHORTLY before lunchtime today, the leaders of Scotland's main unionist parties will sit down for a groundbreaking meeting at Westminster that will set the agenda for the constitutional future of the country. But not one of the six senior politicians involved will be representin …

I'll fight to save Union from SNP, says Brown - Scotland on Sunday
Source: scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com

GORDON Brown will this week issue a defiant pledge to use 2008 to "stand up" for the United Kingdom, in a sign he intends to hit back against the SNP following a disastrous year for Labour. The Prime Minister is to use his New Year message to single out the worth of the Union, d …

Grape Sequencing Provides Clues to Wine's Subtleties
Source: EurekAlert!

The grape, therefore, has a relatively small genome for a crop plant, similar to that of rice or poplar trees and much smaller than that of wheat or maize.

Firms Offer Customers a Glimpse into Personal Genome
Source: News at Nature

When scientists released a draft of the human genome sequence six years ago, they said the data belonged to all of us — but until now, they have been the only ones able to play with the data therein.

Dread Cthulhu surprise choice as Scotland's First Minister

IN A shock result, the Scottish Parliament has elected Dread Cthulhu of the Great Old Ones as First Minister, beating the Scottish National Party leader, Alex Salmond, by 17 votes.

It's time for the SNP
Source: Politics.co.uk

Touring Fife, Dundee and Aberdeen on the eve of the Scottish elections, SNP leader Alex Salmond yesterday proclaimed the end of Labour's "hegemony" over Scotland.

It's time to back small business
Source: votivation.com

It's time to back Scotland's small businesses. The SNP want to help Scotland's wealth creators by abolishing business rates for 120,000 small businesses in Scotland and reducing them for 30,000 more.

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