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Salmond keeps unionists on the hop again



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YESTERDAY the SNP government finally put some flesh on the bones of its "national conversation" about independence, hosting a conference with representatives of civic Scotland to discuss the concept.
This might have been a low-key affair – particularly in light of the launch of the unionist parties' rival constitutional commission, chaired by Sir Kenneth Calman. But Alex Salmond, Scotland's most agile political striker, out-manoeuvred the unioni...



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  • Last Updated: 26 March 2008 10:44 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Scottish independence
 
1

CRAGman,

27/03/2008 01:26:48
STV is a complete dog's breakfast of a voting system. Applying it to an independence referendum really would put the cat amongst the pigeons!
2

Linda,

Edinburgh 27/03/2008 09:38:18
STV in multiple choice referendum seems fair to me
3

Linda,

Edinburgh 27/03/2008 09:38:34
It as easy as 1 2 3
4

CRAGman,

27/03/2008 10:47:16
If it's that easy how come there were tens of thousands of rejected council ballot papers last year? - far, far more than the handful of usually deliberately spoiled ballot papers you normally get.

And just try finding out who your local councillor is now? It's a real mess - no clarity of representation at all. Just confusion and diffusion of responsibility.
5

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27/03/2008 21:03:20
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