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[pashankylr]

There's been a lot of Politics, huh? (Part 1)

BLOG: There's been a lot of Politics, huh? (Part 1) Part 1 of a Weekender Double Bill looking at a really busy 48 hours in Scottish Politics. Part 1 - The Greens and the SNP.

The Scottish Political landscape at the end of this week is, in some ways, unpredictably different from the start of it. In others – in perhaps the most predictable of ways – it is not. And, for once, it seems to have touched the 4 main parties in Scotland – while Willie Rennie has had, I’m sure, a lovely time.

The Greens

You may have missed it, because it’s been quite low-key, but Patrick…

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[peterabell]

Clumsy self-promotion

I’d love to gloss over the fact that the closing sentence is convoluted nonsense. But I can’t. I can’t because it confirms what I suspected from the outset and grew more certain of as I got closer to the drivelling denouement of Angus Robertson’s column in today’s National.

The entire article is a lesson – although far from a master-class – in how to raise your media/public profile by latching…

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[peterabell]

Spoilt for choice

Marco Biagi is, I fear, being somewhat naive if he imagines a selection contest involving Angus Robertson and Joanna Cherrymight be entirely divorced from the ‘party leader’ issue and the constitutional question. The former may be more spin than substance, there being no such vacancy at present. But when did lack of substance ever prevent a media myth gaining traction? The question of who will…

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[theedinburghreporter]

Ruth Davidson quits leaving Boris to get his deal done

Ruth Davidson quits leaving Boris to get his deal done

Quitting this morning as leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Davidson’s making a retreat to the back benches, and from all accounts it appears that she might leave politics all together after the Scottish Parliamentary election in 2021.

Meantime while she still had the Prime Minister’s ear she spoke to him last night. She confirmed that she knows the Prime Minister is trying to bring a deal…

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