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An independent Scotland would have to do a lot of negotiating – but not 14,000 treaties’ worth
Much as it would pain many of us living south of Gretna Green to see Scotland leave the UK, it really does not help the case for the union if the government tries to undermine the SNP by talking bollocks.
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Tuesday, 5 March 2013 at 9:02 am
Liam Fox was once incensed at having to pay a publisher: now they’re paying him
Today’s Independent Diary
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Saturday, 2 March 2013 at 10:24 am
The Commons becomes a seminar – Rory Stewart v Jacob Rees-Mogg on ‘absolute’ human rights
Are you a deontologist? And do you know when Henry VIII’s Act in Restraint of Appeals ceased to be law in the UK?
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Friday, 1 March 2013 at 4:13 pm
Sexless sex scandals are a Tory – not a Lib Dem – specialty, and other stories.
Today’s Diiary from the Independent
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Friday, 1 March 2013 at 9:06 am
This jibe that only the Lib Dems could have a sex scandal with no sex is so unfair
The Conservatives have had at least three sexless sex scandals since Thatcher’s day.
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Thursday, 28 February 2013 at 4:59 pm
So Rod Liddle is writing about groping in the office – but what are his credentials?
Could there be a more appropriate place to read about sex in the office than The Spectator.
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Thursday, 28 February 2013 at 9:04 am
The Trident review – so secret that even the minister seems to be at sea.
Lord West has castigated the LIb Dem review into alternatives to Trident – but how can he know what it says when the government keeps it a tight secret?
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Wednesday, 27 February 2013 at 4:30 pm
One for the voters of Wadebridge
There is a councillor in Cornwall who can thank Eric Pickles for the fact that he is still allowed to turn up to meetings and claim his attendance allowance.
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Wednesday, 27 February 2013 at 4:03 pm
Where Rennard’s reputation as a genius originated
Paddy Ashdown was about to throw away the first chance the newly fomed LIb Dem party had to pull off a by-election win, until Chris Rennard warned that he would be a ‘laughing stock’.
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Tuesday, 26 February 2013 at 4:03 pm
Did Nick Clegg observe the 12 golden rules for crisis management? Er, no…
Rules set out by the Lib Dem adviser Olly Grender on how to handle crises like the allegation s against Lord Rennard were all ignored
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Tuesday, 26 February 2013 at 9:04 am
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