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Chancellor George Osborne. Photograph: Getty Images.
Osborne asks the right questions about Scotland's currency
By George Eaton - 07 September 9:02

How would Scotland combine monetary union with fiscal independence? Don't ask the SNP.

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Alex salmond, SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland (Image: Getty)
BBC Scotland denies pro-SNP bias
By Emma Geen - 10 August 17:09

Broadcaster denies claims that Newsnight Scotland is biased towards the Scottish National Party.

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Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond. Photograph: Getty Images.
Salmond remains the Scottish Yes campaign’s biggest asset
By Mark Diffley - 17 July 13:44

Despite recent setbacks, the First Minister's ratings remain higher than those of any party leader.

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Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond. Photograph: Getty Images.
The Scottish Yes campaign’s class problem
By James Maxwell - 16 July 11:45

Working class Scots are more likely to support independence but less likely to vote than their middle class counterparts.

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Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister. Photograph: Getty Images.
Where will Salmond's hacking claim end up?
By George Eaton - 13 June 23:17

Scottish First Minister alleges that the Observer hacked into his back account.

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Scotland’s referendum consultations farce
By James Maxwell - 11 April 16:38

Petty tribalism has ruined two potentially useful consultations on the independence referendum.

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Anti-Englishness and the SNP
By James Maxwell - 02 April 15:24

The nationalists have strong civic credentials. Why do unionists continue to accuse them of ethnic c

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Mr Scotland, chauvinism and the SNP’s big-tent nationalism
By Jason Cowley - 26 January 11:51

In Edinburgh, Alex Salmond walks with the swagger of a man who feels that these could be the last da

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The SNP publishes its referendum consultation paper
By James Maxwell - 25 January 19:16

Alex Salmond has very conspicuously left open the possibility of staging a multi-option ballot.

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Exclusive poll: Scotland close to backing independence
By George Eaton - 25 January 18:06

New Statesman/ICD poll shows that 44 per cent support independence, with 45 per cent opposed.

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