George Rosie

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A new face for Auld Reekie

03 July 2000

New Statesman Scotland - Edinburgh is soon to have its very own branch of that ultimate symbol of metropolitan sophistication, Harvey Nicks. And it doesn't end there. George Rosiereports on the city's building boom

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The best-laid schemes of lefties

08 May 2000

New Statesman Scotland - Robert Burns as a hero of the left is built on the myth that he was an 18th-century Che Guevara. But he was actually an Establishment figure

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There may be troubles ahead

24 April 2000

New Statesman Scotland - A report calling for Anglican bishops to be installed in the Church of Scotland has been well received. But the opposition is already mustering, writesGeorge Rosie

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What if Scotsmen had guns?

03 April 2000
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New Statesman Scotland - Celtic hot-headedness may have been crucial to the shaping of modern violent America. George Rosiereports on a disturbing theory

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Coming adrift on the Mound

20 March 2000

New Statesman Scotland - The Scottish press long campaigned for devolution. George Rosie looks at why the same media folk have turned hostile to the edifice they helped to erect

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Where does Clark's clout lie?

14 February 2000

New Statesman Scotland - The new job of Advocate General has caused a stir among Scottish lawyers. George Rosie asks how much power the position holds

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Let's peeble the judges again

17 January 2000

New Statesman Scotland - Political and judicial appointments are too closely entangled for everyone's good, argues George Rosie

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Who are the lairds lording over us?

13 December 1999
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New Statesman Scotland - The anonymous owners of vast tracts of Scotland could be anybody from mafia bosses to drug cartels. George Rosiethinks it's time to put an end to the secrecy

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