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Donald Dewar at the launch of Labour’s devolution white paper. Credit: Paul Hackett / Reuters
Just before the opening of Scotland’s new parliament in 1999, Donald Dewar found himself speaking to a young Glasgow councillor called Steven Pur...
Holyrood results watch party
Garden lobby of the Holyrood parliament. Credit: Scottish Parliament
Well, today’s my 64th birthday. I am officially the Beatles definition of old. And what better way to spend the day than with you, the wise Jaggy Thistle readers, as we w...
Want to vote tactically? Best of luck to you
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today, with the Holyrood election just days away, I am talking about tactical voting. Up to a third of Scots intend to vote tactically on polling day on Thursday, either to kick out the SNP or block the rise of R...
Welcome to the Jaggy Thistle election speakeasy!
The Holyrood election is just ten days away so I hereby declare the Jaggy Thistle election speakeasy officially open!
I have given the zinc-topped bar a wipe down with a malodorous dishcloth. The bare-board floor has had a perfunctory once...
Why is the SNP fighting this election on independence?
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I'm looking at the SNP campaign in the Holyrood election and asking why it is focused so heavily on Scottish independence. I explain that there are only three possible election campaign messages in politics...
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Columnist, The Times. Editor, The Jaggy Thistle. Orwell Fellow. I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king.
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