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New leader Johann Lamont has to develop a coherent political and constitutional alternative to the SNP - but what it is?
Petty tribalism has ruined two potentially useful consultations on the independence referendum.
The nationalists have strong civic credentials. Why do unionists continue to accuse them of ethnic chauvinism?
In Edinburgh, Alex Salmond walks with the swagger of a man who feels that these could be the last days of the Union.
Alex Salmond has very conspicuously left open the possibility of staging a multi-option ballot.
New Statesman/ICD poll shows that 44 per cent support independence, with 45 per cent opposed.
Alex Salmond is closer than ever to his ultimate aim of independence for Scotland. But in seeking to break up the Union could the SNP reconfigure and save it?
Scottish Secretary Michael Moore says UK government would not challenge Salmond's referendum.
Scottish government announces intention to hold an independence referendum in autuman 2014.
Alex Salmond isn't interested in a "binding" referendum - he’s interested in winning a democratic mandate.
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