http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=6990 Scottish politics and parliament news from all of Scotland's political parties including the Scottish National Party (SNP), Scottish Labour, Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Conservatives en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk TS http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=6990&format=rss Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:37:57 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/TS_rss.gif http://thescotsman.scotsman.com 281 70 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair-memoirs-39I-was.6508131.jp TONY Blair has admitted he was "never a passionate believer" in devolution and that he always thought creating a Scottish parliament was a dangerous path to follow. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair-memoirs-39I-was.6508131.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair-memoirs-Blackmail-and.6508138.jp THE depth of the hatred that grew between the two central figures in Labour's 13 years in power has been exposed with the publication of Tony Blair's memoirs, in which http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair-memoirs-Blackmail-and.6508138.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/111m-Futures-Trust-savings-claim.6508124.jp A CONTROVERSIAL body established to raise funds for civic building projects has delivered £111 million in savings and benefits, it has been claimed. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/111m-Futures-Trust-savings-claim.6508124.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/39My-marriage-is-strong39-says.6508153.jp THE Foreign Secretary William Hague has revealed his aide Christopher Myers had resigned following "untrue and deeply distressing" rumours about the nature of their re http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/39My-marriage-is-strong39-says.6508153.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/John-McTernan-on-Tony-Blair39s.6508145.jp Former key Blair aide John McTernan reviews the book and weighs its words against the reality of life as a 'staffer' in No10 Downing Street http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/John-McTernan-on-Tony-Blair39s.6508145.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Children-in-care-39being-let.6507932.jp VULNERABLE children in residential care are being failed by the Scottish Government and councils, leading to lives of unemployment, homelessness and prison, Audit Scotland has http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Children-in-care-39being-let.6507932.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Labour-rules-out-any-.6508148.jp SCOTTISH Labour leader Iain Gray has ruled out any additional funding for Edinburgh's beleaguered trams scheme if his party returns to power after next year's Holyrood http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Labour-rules-out-any-.6508148.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Energy-firms-face-inquiry-over.6507901.jp TWO Scottish power companies are to be investigated by the energy watchdog amid concerns of mis-selling of contracts to consumers, it was announced yesterday. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Energy-firms-face-inquiry-over.6507901.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Jane-Bradley-Let-facts-of.6507929.jp WHEN Dr Rajendra Pachauri stepped on to the stage beside Al Gore to collect the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Jane-Bradley-Let-facts-of.6507929.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/George-Kerevan-The-showman-and.6508099.jp DURING the Holyrood election campaign of 2007, I had a mug of tea with Tony Blair. Actually, he had the mug and I had water: his caffeine needs were greater than mine. He had http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/George-Kerevan-The-showman-and.6508099.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Ewan-Crawford-Positive-action-needed.6508105.jp If I had eyes in the back of my head, then the dangers of negative campaigning would be staring straight towards me. That's because, as I write this article, on the wall b http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Ewan-Crawford-Positive-action-needed.6508105.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Leader-Blair39s-journey-ended-in.6508100.jp Tony Blair once grandly proclaimed that he could feel the hand of history on his shoulder. With the publication of his memoirs he is now writing history, not making it. As we http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Leader-Blair39s-journey-ended-in.6508100.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Bill-Jamieson-Cuts-essential-to.6508129.jp Whatever else may be plaguing the financial sector, Standard Life is not the new problem. On the contrary. But what gives the news of 600 job cuts real resonance is the wider http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Bill-Jamieson-Cuts-essential-to.6508129.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tom-Peterkin-Labour-has-left.6507931.jp What is it about the Labour Party and booze at the moment? Labour's call for a ban on alcohol sponsorship, a proposal that would affect funding for Premier league football http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tom-Peterkin-Labour-has-left.6507931.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/David-Maddox-Soap-opera-Bitterness.6508139.jp THE fact that the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown went in various stages from being intimate to terminal is not exactly a secret. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/David-Maddox-Soap-opera-Bitterness.6508139.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair-Cherie-had-.6508146.jp Cherie Blair had an "incredible instinct" for offending powerful people and "didn't always help herself". http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair-Cherie-had-.6508146.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Andrew-Cave-RBS-has-much.6508103.jp Tim Gee wrote in The Scotsman this week about his reasons for taking part in the Climate Camp protest. Believe it or not, we agree on a number of points. We agree on the need http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Andrew-Cave-RBS-has-much.6508103.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Firms-fined-654000-in-health.6507904.jp ALMOST 30 Scottish firms have been successfully prosecuted for serious breaches of health and safety laws in the first year of a new dedicated unit within the prosecution serv http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Firms-fined-654000-in-health.6507904.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Savage-cuts-have-seen-one.6508128.jp Savage cuts have seen one in six financial services jobs disappear since 2008 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Savage-cuts-have-seen-one.6508128.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--John-Smith.6508136.jp Late Labour leader John Smith was described as a "stupendous toper" by Tony Blair, who believed his love of socialising led to him drinking "more than was wise&#34 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--John-Smith.6508136.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair-Resentment-at-scandals.6508137.jp SCANDALS that rocked the government were an area of increasing "resentment" for Tony Blair. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair-Resentment-at-scandals.6508137.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Standard-Life-history-One-of.6508130.jp An advertising poster for Standard Life from 1946 reassures customers on its 'strength', 'stability' and security' http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Standard-Life-history-One-of.6508130.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Explosives-tests-39badly-planned39.6507943.jp A MINISTRY of Defence scientist died following a blast during top secret explosives tests which were inappropriately planned and appeared to be inadequately organised. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Explosives-tests-39badly-planned39.6507943.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--New-Labour.6508143.jp LABOUR must re-embrace the values of New Labour that were lost under Gordon Brown if it wants to return to power, according to Tony Blair. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--New-Labour.6508143.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Derry-Irvine.6508134.jp TONY Blair's mentor Derry Irvine was a "tyrannical genius" who taught the future Prime Minister "how to think" when he started out on his legal career. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Derry-Irvine.6508134.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--First-Ministers.6508135.jp OF the Scottish first ministers mentioned in Mr Blair's book, Donald Dewar is the one to receive the most attention. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--First-Ministers.6508135.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Robin-Cook.6508133.jp TONY Blair claimed he ordered former foreign secretary Robin Cook to choose between his wife and his mistress after news of his affair broke in 1997. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Robin-Cook.6508133.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Alastair-Campbell.6508142.jp TONY Blair claimed he got "a genius" when he drafted in Alastair Campbell as his head of media, shortly after becoming Labour leader. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Alastair-Campbell.6508142.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Iraq-I.6508144.jp THE former PM defended his decision to go to war in Iraq, despite admitting he broke down in tears over the death toll from the conflict. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Iraq-I.6508144.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Fettes-It.6508132.jp Tony Blair's time at Fettes College in Edinburgh does not receive much prominence in the former prime minister's memoirs, but there is an affectionate remembrance of t http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Tony-Blair--Fettes-It.6508132.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT