Independence, ghosts and ‘Stormont Scotland’
Prof Sir Tom Devine believes that if the yes side win, it will be thanks to something that was for decades unimaginable: Catholics voting for independence.
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Prof Sir Tom Devine believes that if the yes side win, it will be thanks to something that was for decades unimaginable: Catholics voting for independence.
From Tuesday, Georgian gun owners can take their firearms into public places including bars. But in a country where more children die from gun deaths than cancer, the new law is proving controversial.
There was no shortage of people advising David Cameron to drop Andy Coulson after he won the 2010 election. But Coulson followed the Tory leader into No 10.
The third ‘British jihadi’ who featured in an Isis recruitment video has apparently been identified, as details emerge of a hardline Islamic sect linked to recruits.
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Pakistani officials say they are giving people a chance to escape before they launch a fully-fledged ground offensive.
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Education Secretary Michael Gove is involved in several fights already. Can he walk away from his spat with Sir Ofsted’s Michael Wilshaw over “no-notice” school inspections?
Like Michael Gove, I think there are such things as “British values”. It’s just that I probably won’t agree with him on what they are.
Michael Gove warns that all schools could now face “no-notice” inspections – but the head of Ofsted says the education secretary blocked their introduction two years ago.
The debate has cast a shadow over the education of hundreds of children. Now four Birmingham schools accused of falling prey to a hard-line Muslim takeover face the threat of losing funding.
Michael Gove’s call for schools to promote “British values” has caused something of a stir on Twitter and Facebook. So what’s the verdict? Here is our slightly unscientific attempt to find out.