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		<title>Serco in Scotland</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/15/serco-in-scotland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Johnny Gailey On Friday 4th May at teatime, whilst the Scottish media’s eyes were firmly fixed on the local election counts being totted across the country, the Scottish Government slipped out the&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/15/serco-in-scotland/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6211&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Future&#8217;s Bright</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/15/the-futures-bright/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bellacaledonia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Culture]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/?p=6207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What does a vote for Labour in Scotland mean today? A little over a week has passed since the council election results were announced, and Labour have already reversed policy to support more Orange Order&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/15/the-futures-bright/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6207&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Irvine Welsh on Scottish Independence</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/13/irvine-welsh-on-scottish-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 13:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bellacaledonia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Referendum on Independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[6 min clip of Irvine Welsh v Tristram Hunt with Jeremy Paxman in the chair.  (From BBC Newsnight on 20th Apr 2012) Filed under: Referendum on Independence, Scottish Culture, Uncategorized Tagged: Irvine Welsh<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6198&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Dysfunctional Union</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/13/a-dysfunctional-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alex Salmond]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Anderson Gordon Brown was the last Scottish Prime Minister of the UK. Ever. Even if we do not win independence in 2014 there will never be another Scottish PM of the&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/13/a-dysfunctional-union/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6193&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JACK****</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/12/jack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 08:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bellacaledonia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the Butcher&#8217;s Apron do your head in? Are you already tired of the tat? Are your eyes wearied by Jubilee propaganda? Bored of Team GB? With the onslaught of the Olympics and&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/12/jack/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6188&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pongoo Politics</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/11/pongoo-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bellacaledonia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collapsononics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Professor Pongoo won more first preference votes than the Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate in Pentland Hills (Edinburgh City Council) wards we approached him to write exclusively for Bella. Pongoo said the Lib&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/11/pongoo-politics/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6184&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let Them Vote</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/10/let-them-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bellacaledonia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Referendum on Independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Paris]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel Paris After her famous Hamilton by-election victory, Winnie Ewing used her maiden speech to Parliament to argue that the voting age should be lowered to 16. At the time, the franchise&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/10/let-them-vote/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6176&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Edge of Empire</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/10/the-edge-of-empire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday Christopher Harvie (&#8216;A Floating Commonwealth&#8216;) and Michael Gardiner are at Word Power Books, Edinburgh. This is an extract from Michael&#8217;s &#8216;At the Edge of Empire&#8217;: According to some accounts, Glover Brothers’&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/10/the-edge-of-empire/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6173&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal on The Economics of Scottish Independence</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/10/wall-street-journal-on-the-economics-of-scottish-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/10/wall-street-journal-on-the-economics-of-scottish-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bellacaledonia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re not in the habit of reprinting articles from the Wall Street Journal but we&#8217;ll make an exception for this one.  The article below was published on 3rd May by the WSJ in&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/10/wall-street-journal-on-the-economics-of-scottish-independence/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6162&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Throwing the Three ‘Rs’ Away: Rupert Murdoch, the Referendum and Rangers FC</title>
		<link>http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/05/08/throwing-the-three-rs-away-rupert-murdoch-the-referendum-and-rangers-fc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bellacaledonia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have to stand up to power, while digging deep into our capacity to be generous, hopeful, imaginative, and playful and create the Scotland of the future today.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellacaledonia.org.uk&#038;blog=2158018&#038;post=6153&#038;subd=bellacaledonia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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