The Scotsman - Politics

news-politics:Politics

At home with the warlord who is now a Taleban target - July 5, 2008

TWO guards escorted us to the compound, their guns ready loaded. This may have seemed a bit excessive for a walk of just several hundred metres up a dusty hill, but this
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/At-home-with-the-warlord.4259176.jp

For a frontline Scots soldier the difference between life and death is only a whisker - July 5, 2008

PRIVATE David Poderis was lying flat on the roof of a small brick building when the jolt to his helmet came.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/For-a-frontline--Scots.4259181.jp

Anger over 'shocking' state of building near home of golf - July 5, 2008

THE crumbling state of an iconic Scottish building said to have one of the finest views in world golf has angered politicians and officials of the game.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Anger-over-39shocking39-state-of.4259158.jp

Brown going for broke as fears over stronghold grow - July 5, 2008

LABOUR is to order virtually all of its Scottish MPs and MSPs to campaign in Glasgow East as it prepares for a "big fight" with the SNP in a knife-edge bid to save the
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Brown-going--for-broke.4259174.jp

Is juggling family life with political leadership just too demanding - July 4, 2008

THE phrase "quitting to spend more time with his family" has become one of the most clichd euphemisms in politics, designed to suggest there are other, more damaging
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Is-juggling-family-life-with.4255171.jp

No buddies for Scottish rapists - July 4, 2008

KENNY MacAskill, the justice secretary, has ruled out introducing a "buddy" scheme for paedophiles and rapists, despite it cutting reoffending in England.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/No-buddies-for-Scottish-rapists.4255188.jp

Are MPs living in a dream world by voting to keep 24,000 allowance - July 4, 2008

MPS were last night accused of having their "snouts in the trough" after refusing to surrender their ability to furnish their second homes with up to 24,000 of plasma
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Are-MPs-living-in-a.4255186.jp

Inside Westminster: 'West Wing' looks East to ease Brown's woes - July 4, 2008

BARELY a day goes by without the Prime Minister having to read headlines about how he is on the brink of collecting his P45. But Gordon Brown is not taking to heart the messag
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Inside-Westminster-39West-Wing39-looks.4255168.jp

SNP and Lib Dems name their by-election candidates - July 4, 2008

THE SNP and the Liberal Democrats last night announced their candidates ahead of the Glasgow East by-election.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/SNP-and-Lib-Dems-name.4255265.jp

Goldie gives NHS something back - July 4, 2008

CONSERVATIVE leader Annabel Goldie marked the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service yesterday by giving blood.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Goldie-gives-NHS-something-back.4255146.jp