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.
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.
After the Rangers debacle, MPs tell English football it is time to put its own house in order – and stop taking financial risks that threaten the future of the game.
The real story of tomorrow’s by-elections in Rotherham, Middlesbrough and Croydon North could be further advances for non-establishment parties like Ukip and Respect.
Undermining the British government’s position in the diplomatic stand-off over Julian Assange, the MP George Galloway implied our courts have done something “unprecedented” in order to comply with the Swedish authorities. Setting aside the diplomatic impasse which now finds Mr Assange holed up at the Equadorian embassy, is this a first for Britain? Are we really extraditing someone simply for questioning?
Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon on George Galloway’s victory in the Bradford by-election
There’s no denying that booting Labour out of Bradford West with a 10,000 swing was a sensational win for gorgeous George. But was it the most sensational ever – or has the excitement gone to Mr Galloway’s head? FactCheck trawls through the history books.