Iain Macwhirter

About Iain Macwhirter

Iain Macwhirter is political commentator on the Sunday Herald

End of the Union?

24 January 2012 | Iain Macwhirter

Whatever options are included in the 2014 independence referendum, the Union as we know it is unlikely to survive Read more

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Referendum race starts now

4 November 2011 | Iain Macwhirter

Politics is strangely quiet in Scotland now, but the promised referendum on independence is set to stir the parties up Read more

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University cash challenge

5 October 2011 | Iain Macwhirter

Scotland’s top universities are taking a massive gamble by charging their English students £36,000 for a standard degree Read more

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A law unto themselves

28 June 2011 | Iain Macwhirter

Rulings by the new UK Supreme Court have not only infuriated First Minister Alex Salmond but have turned the law into a political battleground Read more...

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Salmond’s leap into the unknown

24 May 2011 | Iain Macwhirter

The SNP’s landslide victory in the Scottish parliamentary elections will have ramifications that go far beyond Scotland’s borders Read more...

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Blurring the party lines, Iain Macwhirter

1 April 2011 | Iain Macwhirter

A Scottish voter looking for clear political differences between the parties at the Holyrood elections may be searching in vain Read more...

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Time to back the Scotland Bill, by Iain Macwhirter

25 February 2011 | Iain Macwhirter

The Scotland Bill heralds an unprecedented transfer of fiscal power to Holyrood. It has its flaws but the SNP is wrong not to support the plans Read more...

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Allies in adversity? By Iain Macwhirter

2 February 2011 | Iain Macwhirter

As Scotland looks ahead to Holyrood elections in May and the possibility of a new party in power, many are asking whether it is time Labour and the SNP recognised their similarities Read more...

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Students united, by Iain Macwhirter

9 December 2010 | Iain Macwhirter

Scottish students might not be directly affected by the increase in tuition fees that their English counterparts face. But they have good reason to protest given the likely introduction of some form of graduate contribution Read more...

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Sleeping with the enemy, by Iain Macwhirter

2 September 2010 | Iain Macwhirter

Hated rivals Labour and the SNP might have to join forces against the cuts after next year’s Holyrood elections Read more...

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