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Labour is haunted by the seventies by Brian Monteith
“We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting government spending. I …
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Should American conservatives copy Cameron? (Part 2) by Brian Monteith
In the second of a two-part review of the issues facing American Conservatives Brian Monteith considers if they should copy David Cameron’s British Conservative Party. …
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Where now for American conservatives (Part 1) by Brian Monteith
Fresh from a trip around the USA during the Presidential election, Brian Monteith considers, in a two part article, where American conservatives go from here. …
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What should the Tories do about Calman? by Brian Monteith
While the rest of the world has been watching with wonderment at the spectacle of the US Presidential elections - and the Glenrothes by-election becomes …
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What can Conservatives gain from Glenrothes? by Brian Monteith
Despite all the bluff and bluster at the launch of the Conservative campaign in the Glenrothes by-election nobody, surely not even the candidate, can think …
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An External Foreign Policy For Energy by Struan Stevenson MEP
If the EU is to develop an external foreign policy for dealing with energy, then the first hurdle we have to overcome is Russia. The …
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Can the banking crisis be contained? Lessons from the 30s by PaulRiddell
“It happens that every man in a bank hates what the bank does, and yet the bank does it. The bank is something more than …
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Defeat Salmond and you defeat the SNP by Brian Monteith
Is the honeymoon over? Is the tide finally beginning to turn against Alex Salmond? These questions are no longer wishful thinking as the First minister’s …
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Labour should forget the pork barrel and find some ideas by Brian Monteith
Wendy Alexander’s humiliating resignation has been and gone. The devastation of defeat at the Glasgow East by-election is now history. The Scottish Labour Party leadership …
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Can Tavish steer his party to a new Valhalla? by Brian Monteith
Scotland always has been a traditional stronghold of Liberalism. Be it the election of the many mainstream Liberal MPs that helped form nineteenth century governments, …