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The rise and fall of Wings over Scotland

How a partisan pro-independence blog irrevocably transformed online politics in Britain.

By Scott Hames and Dominic Hinde

The rise and fall of Wings over Scotland

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Do Scottish voters still care about the Alex Salmond show?

The former first minister’s new Alba Party is struggling in the polls, but he insists it will soon be “weighing the…

By Dominic Hinde

“I’m the only Yes in the village”: speaking to swing voters and activists in the Scottish Borders

Along the Anglo-Scottish border from Dumfries to Berwick, activists and swing voters give their opinions on the Scottish independence…

By Dominic Hinde

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