Paul Mason
Why Brown’s ‘new powers for Scotland’ are a dice roll
Gordon Brown’s “new powers for Scotland” may not be the last throw of the dice for the no campaign – but the proposal is undoubtedly a gambit.
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‘Bollocks’: Iceland CEO on Jim Sillars warning
Malcolm Walker, chief executive of budget supermarket Iceland, responds in a traditionally Anglo-Saxon manner to warnings of a “day of reckoning” for companies who oppose independence.
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Mental health: too many patients, not enough beds
Almost two thirds of mental health trusts in England that responded to a Channel 4 News freedom of information request say their funding has been cut, with a shortage of beds threatening patient care.
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FactCheck: is Scotland’s NHS under threat from Westminster?
Health is one of the key battlegrounds as the independence referendum looks. Will the Scottish NHS be better off in or out of the UK?
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Victoria Macdonald
Would targeting affluent OAPs save the NHS?
The rich and middle-aged should be taxed more to pay for the NHS and social care, a new report suggests.
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Can job cuts save disaster- struck Malaysia Airlines?
Malaysia Airlines is cutting its workforce by a third and reducing its route network following the disappearance of one of its flights and the shooting down of another.
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Taxpayer-backed RBS fined over mortgage advice
Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest are fined £14.5m after the City regulator finds “serious failings” in its advice to mortgage customers.
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France’s political crisis as Hollande names new team
President Hollande names a new cabinet, excluding Socialist dissidents who were demanding an end to the government’s economic austerity policies.
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Salmond v Darling: who won the Scotland debate?
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond wins a convincing 71 per cent of the vote in a snap poll after the second televised debate against Alistair Darling on Scottish independence.
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FactCheck: Salmond vs Darling II – the lies to look out for
It’s ding ding, round two in the Scottish independence debate. Will the leaders of the Yes and No camps fail the FactCheck test?
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Watch out London: the geeks are coming
This year’s Worldcon is the biggest ever, with 10,000 sci-fi fans coming to London. But with shows like Game of Thrones getting cult status (and investment to match) geeks are coming in from the cold.
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Gaza’s infrastructure: the cost of war with Israel
As the United Nations strive for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, the impoverished enclave faces a daunting recovery, such is the scale of damage after three weeks of fighting.
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One in nine people cannot get a GP appointment
More than 10 per cent of people who to see a GP cannot get an appointment, with doctors turning away their patients more than 40 million times this year, according to new figures.
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Lindsey Hilsum
William Hague, Angelina Jolie and British imperial decline
There was a reason why outgoing foreign secretary William Hague teamed up with the film star in the campaign to end warzone rape.
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Tom Clarke
Fond and not-so-fond farewells to ‘four brains’ and OPatz
Owen Paterson, the outgoing environment secretary, was loathed by environmentalists and animal lovers. By contrast former science minister David Willetts was the darling of academics.
