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  Expressing and exercising Scottish sovereignty

  Written by: Canon Kenyon All articles by Canon Kenyon

  On the day in which the SNP government sets out its proposals for a referendum on Scottish independence, OurKingdom...

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  Happy St Andrew's day to all of OurKingdom's Scottish readers!

  Written by: ourKingdom editors All articles by ourKingdom editors

  Happy St Andrew's day to all of OurKingdom's Scottish readers!

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  Scotland’s real debate: the wider campaign for genuine self-government

  Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan

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  'Sorry seems to be an easier word': Brown and the politics of apology

  Written by: Andy Mycock All articles by Andy Mycock

  Kevin Rudd’s apology to the 'Forgotten Australians' highlights the difficulties of dealing with Britain's imperial...

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  How do you become a king, then?

  Written by: Iain McLean All articles by Iain McLean

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  What can London Citizens teach the left?

  Written by: Guy Aitchison All articles by Guy Aitchison

  A look at London Citizens, the grass-roots community organisation, and its recent Autumn Assembly

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  Looking into the void: James Naughtie’s northern odyssey, part two

  Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan

  After James Naughtie’s laugh a minute, cliché-ridden put down of Scotland and the town of Kilmarnock, I listened to...

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  3 days left to tell us how politics should change...

  Written by: ourKingdom editors All articles by ourKingdom editors

  There's just a short time left to contribute to POWER2010, the grassroots campaign to renew and strengthen our...

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  Parliamentary reforms worth fighting for

  Written by: Andrew Blick All articles by Andrew Blick

  You may not have noticed, but a battle important to parliamentary democracy commenced yesterday.

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  UK complicity in torture in Pakistan

  Written by: Ali Dayan Hasan All articles by Ali Dayan Hasan

  Human Rights Watch publishes a disturbing new report, "Cruel Britannia: British Complicity in the Torture and...

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  Some thoughts on James Naughtie’s Sunshine on Scotland

  Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan

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  Police tactics at G20 slammed - but will anything change?

  Written by: Andy May All articles by Andy May

  The final HMIC report on the G20 puts another nail in the coffin in the current oppressive model of protest policing.

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  The real scandal in the hacked climate change e-mails controversy

  Written by: Rupert Read All articles by Rupert Read

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  Babysteps on the road to Parliamentary reform

  Written by: Alexandra Runswick All articles by Alexandra Runswick

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  House of Lords elected? Tarts delight.

  Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

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  Public service guarantees

  Written by: Stuart Weir All articles by Stuart Weir

  Discussion of Britain's public service guarantees involved predictable fretting about "opening the floodgates to the...

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  Where is Scotland going? Foreign lands and forgotten places

  Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

  Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan

  The future of Britain is at stake as the country heads towards an election year: a recent Scottish by-election gave...

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  Graham Allen says it as it is

  Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

  The long time Labour MP for Nottingham North issues a bitter, swinging assessment of the pernicious collusion of...

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  Peter Mandelson wants to turn off your internet

  Written by: Felix Cohen All articles by Felix Cohen

  Peter Mandelson is drinking the record label kool-aid

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  Alien invasion!

  Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

  I have just seen this and it seems all the more relevant today. No doubt if they try it again, it will be tasered first!