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Restoring Independent Policies: Environmental Policy

Read The Market Solution pamphlet in full More so than perhaps any other policy area, environment is an amalgam of international, EU and domestic measures, although new environmental legislation is still a shared competence. We might expect an independent policy to concentrate more on the national interest, although the Government’s …

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Hatred of Tories is prejudice

There’s something rotten at the heart of Scottish politics. We have our own parliament with extensive powers, including the ability to raise or lower taxes. This parliament may not be enough for some. It may be too much for others. But it is a reasonable compromise between Scottish independence and …

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Should I stay or should I go now?

I began writing about Scottish politics as soon as it became clear that there was going to be a referendum on independence. This issue mattered to me in a way no other issue in politics ever had. I began writing even when the referendum was a long way off and …

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The cut and run strategy: Is David Cameron about to pull a fast one?

The game is on, it seems. As I have previously expressed, I had fully expected David Cameron to play the long game when it comes to the EU referendum. I had thought he would try and secure a set of reforms that could easily be portrayed as significant which in …

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CALLING ALL MY TELEGRAPH WRITERS! It’s time for The Daily Globe.

Hello, and sorry for the obnoxious click-bait blog title. I am writing to inform all My Telegraph bloggers about a new website I am starting with British blogger David T Breaker  called The Daily Globe. It will be launching October 9th under the domain dailyglobe.co.uk. I am writing to you all …

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