LONDON -- Former British Treasury chief Alistair Darling launched a campaign Monday to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom, saying independence would create a deeply uncertain future. The Scottish government is hoping to hold an independence referendum i
Read Full Article atBusiness Network International (BNI) asked its Scottish members whether independence would be better for business. Picture: Julie Bull MORE than two-thirds of Scotland’s small business owners are opposed to independence, according to a new survey that pr
LABOUR will seek to claim Scotland’s centre-left mantle this week, accusing the SNP of abandoning social justice and insisting it is time to prioritise “redistribution of wealth” over “retail politics”. In a speech in Glasgow tomorrow, Scottish deputy le
16 February 2013 Last updated at 19:09 ET The Liberal Democrats say the number of part-time places has fallen by about 85,000 since 2009 Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats confirm the number of part-time places in Scotland's colleges has fallen by
Until a few weeks ago, I harboured serious concerns that the only historical narrative that mattered on British television was the English one. So gluttonous have Home Counties commissioning editors become for the English historical perspective that ther
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The creator of Sherlock Holmes a pipe smoking detective with impeccable reasoning was born in Edinburgh. The majority of the Sherlock Holmes tales were short stories which have transferred seamlessly to television and film adapt
Singer-songwriter Karine Polwart near her home at Pathhead. She believes in anger and the power of telling stories. Picture: Ian Rutherford THURSDAY night. BBC Question Time is on telly. I’m venting a week’s worth of rage on Twitter, while nursing a tumb
If we decide to leave the United Kingdom, there is no way back...