Paul Mason
Ten conclusions from the #indyref
There’s enough results in to say a victory for no looks highly likely, so here are some initial thoughts…
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Alex Salmond to resign after referendum defeat
Alex Salmond announces his resignation as Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader after failing to achieve a yes vote in the independence referendum.
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Gary Gibbon
The devout believers of the yes and no camps
Ask supporters in either camp how they’ll feel if the other lot win and the word you hear most often is “devastated”. A yes supporter said she would want to slit her wrists.
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#indyref – Brown attacks SNP’s NHS claims
Gordon Brown claims the SNP has misled the public over its NHS plans – but Nicola Sturgeon says it is hard to protect “the things that matter” when Scotland is at the mercy of Westminster cuts.
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Paul Mason
Deutsche’s ‘Wall Street Crash’ prediction goes über alles the airwaves
Deutsche Bank’s warning over an independent Scotland’s finances is all over the headlines. How seriously should we take it?
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Paul Mason
Scottish #Indyref and the ‘Renton test’
The Renton test is simple: can your argument sway someone like the junkie Mark Renton in Trainspotting? His tirade to the deserted hillside is now etched into Scottish folk memory.
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FactCheck: Is an #indyref yes vote forever?
The no campaign has been at great pains to say that a vote to break up the United Kingdom would be irreversible. Is that actually true?
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Paul Mason
#Indyref: five questions for Cameron, Miliband and Clegg
I don’t know whether I will bump in to the Westminster party leaders in Scotland today — but this is what I would ask if I did.
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Cathy Newman
Indyref countdown: ‘It’s a battle between my head and my heart’
There are only days to go before the referendum, and the pace shows no signs of slowing. Even when it involves climbing to the top of Arthur’s Seat.
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Gary Gibbon
Will ‘almost federal’ offer to Scots change votes?
You find quite a few late-surge yes supporters saying they wish that devo max had been on the ballot paper.
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Gary Gibbon
Will devolution process turn ‘switherers’?
Labour decided the best interests of the cross-party agreement on fast-tracked devolution would be served if they slipped the announcement out early from the lips of Gordon Brown.
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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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Poll shows rise in support for Scottish independence
Support for Scottish independence rises two weeks ahead of an historic referendum on leaving the UK, according to a new poll.
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Michael Crick
How ‘nuclear-free’ would an independent Scotland really be?
Alex Salmond has privately told the boss of the energy firm EDF not to worry about future of its nuclear power stations, despite SNP pledge to phase them out.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron: Scotland, don’t go breaking my heart
The prime minister has ventured to Perth – known as Scotland’s Hampshire – to ask reticent no voters to take heart and campaign openly against independence.
