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Michael Moore’s Westminster Notes
Independence Referendum Last week, the First Minister, Deputy First Minister, the Prime Minister and I signed an agreement on the terms of the independence referendum which means we can now get on...
View ArticleLDVideo: Why we are better together
The Scottish Liberal Democrats are part of the Better Together campaign which will be putting the positive case for Scotland to stay in the UK in the forthcoming referendum campaign. Better Together...
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A year in the life of…..the Scottish independence referendum
I thought it might be a bit amusing to trawl through the Lib Dem Voice archives and have a look at how certain stories have developed during 2012. This time last year, it looked like it was all going...
View ArticleMichael Moore MP: “We can’t have the Scottish Government fast forwarding...
Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore told an audience in Edinburgh today that the SNP must stop talking about the process, must stop trying to get the UK Government to...
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Willie Rennie: No to independence doesn’t mean no to change
Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Willie Rennie sent an email to members yesterday outlining what he is trying to do as regards building a consensus around further powers for the Scottish Parliament in...
View ArticleElectoral Commission advises SNP to change Independence Referendum question
The Electoral Commission has published its advice on both the question for next year’s referendum on whether Scotland should leave the UK and spending limits. Both sides of the debate have been quick...
View ArticleMichael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes
Every week, Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore MP, writes a column for newspapers in his Borders Constituency. Here is the latest edition. Green Deal In my constituency I...
View ArticleOpinion: Ideas are great, but don’t be trapped by ideology
As though I have regressed to a version of myself more than two decades in the past, a question I often get asked these days is “why did you do it?” People are interested to discover that despite...
View ArticleWillie Rennie on Newsnight Scotland: You have to be cautious when you predict...
There’s been a bit of a stooshie over future North Sea oil revenues in the last week or so. First, as the BBC tells us, a leaked draft of a Scottish Government report said that volatility in projecting...
View ArticleScotland’s Day of Destiny clashes with 2014 Federal Conference
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond announced today that the Independence Referendum would be held on 18th September 2014. Three and a half years of preparation and campaigning will come to an end...
View ArticleSalmond promises childcare revolution after turning down Rennie’s plans for...
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond gave his keynote speech to SNP Conference this afternoon. There were three things in it that struck me as a Liberal Democrat. A numbers game Apparently a “yes”...
View ArticleLibLink…Christine Jardine: Referendum drowns out more pressing issues
Former Downing Street insider Christine Jardine, now back in Scotland and selected as a Liberal Democrat Euro-candidate, highlights in the Scotsman how more urgent problems are being forgotten as...
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Danny Alexander on Scotland Tonight: Currency union with post independent...
Yesterday, the UK Government issued a 100 page report analysing an independent Scotland’s options for the currency it would use post independence. They also produced an infographic summarising its...
View ArticleWhen Mr Farage came to Edinburgh – the ugly side of politics
It was misbehaviour all round when the UKIP leader came to Edinburgh on Thursday. He found himself on the receiving end of a noisy protest organised by, among others, the Radical Independence...
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Opinion: Nationalists want to monitor the BBC!
A group of MSPs have declared that they’re going to start monitoring BBC Scotland because they don’t think they can deliver on their obligations! That should ring alarm bells! The SNP controlled...
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Thoughts on a windy moor
Yesterday afternoon I was standing on a windy moor in Scotland and reminding myself that, over 250 years ago, my ancestors, the Prices, had stood directly opposite my husband’s ancestors from Clan...
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Opinion: London is not a foreign country
London is a world city so it’s no wonder tens of thousands of Scots like me call it home. Some come to work for a while then head home, others put down more permanent roots and stay for the long-haul....
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LibLink… Willie Rennie: The fear in a continental drift
The last time I heard the phrase continental drift used was when I was half asleep in a Geography class more years ago than I care to remember. Willie Rennie uses it in today’s Scotsman to talk about...
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Michael Moore MP writes…Scotland has a role in overseas aid
Amidst the fever of the independence referendum debate in Scotland on issues such as currency, financial services and pensions, Lynne Featherstone and I took part in a series of engagements in Glasgow...
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Michael Moore’s BBC webcast on Scottish Independence
Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore has done a special half hour webcast to make the case for Scotland staying in the UK. He was asked, among other things, about why the UK Government weren’t...
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