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Margo Macdonald: Don’t get spooked out of Yes vote

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:51:56 GMT

I BLAME the government – a commonly-heard riposte that usually indicates a total incomprehension of whatever is being discussed amongst friends. The reason for the caveat about “friends” is a mindfulness of the current social scene.

Margo MacDonald: Our new police force has got a lot to learn

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:51:46 GMT

Told you so. Whenever, right from the start, the possibility of Scotland having a single police force entered into polite conversation, I voiced fears that its introduction would see an end to community-based policies being managed by community and voluntary stakeholders.

Margo MacDonald: I’ve still got faith in bright young things

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:28:53 GMT

How did I feel about the news that so few young Scots had the courage of my convictions? Deflated, temporarily. The objective of the Better Together campaign, from captain Alastair Darling MP down, is to remind Scots that we’ve the best of both worlds if we continue to allow the important decisions about our future to be taken 400 miles away from Granny’s Heilan’ hame, in London.

Margo MacDonald: Over-65s needn’t settle for poverty

Wed, 29 May 2013 10:18:24 GMT

Who wants to work after 65? Quite possibly, most of us, for as many reasons as you could imagine. How many people work even part-time, whose health and energy isn’t really up to it but who have no choice other than to work because they are too poor?

Margo MacDonald: We were lied to over oil money

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:28:43 GMT

‘Excellent. Watertight. The October Three Banks’ Review backs up your argument.