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Claimed in full 54

Posted on January 20, 2014 by

Much gratitude tonight to alert reader “Albamac”, who’s not only compiled the whole of “The Claim Of Scotland” into a single very small (1MB), easy-download PDF file but has converted it in the process into one with cut-and-pasteable text for quotability. We’ve uploaded it to the Repository, and you can also download it from this direct link.

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Big love once again too to Wilma Watts who made our serialisation possible in the first place, and to the sadly-deceased Herbert James Paton for writing a book that for the most part could have been released yesterday. We highly recommend it as a starting point for any undecideds you know who might not want to jump straight into the debate with something as openly partisan as this site. Having read it, we suspect they’ll be hungry for more truth, and then you can send them our way.

An appeal to reason 46

Posted on January 17, 2014 by

The final chapter of “The Claim Of Scotland”, along with the index.

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The schools and the universities 11

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What the heck – since it’s topical, let’s have another double-header.

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Broadcasting and language 21

Posted on January 15, 2014 by

As we’re a day behind due to Saturday’s technical catastrophe, and Chapters 12 and 13 of “The Claim Of Scotland” are unhelpfully titled, let’s give you a wee bonus and have a double helping of could-have-been-written-yesterday 46-year-old history.

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Images and stereotypes 32

Posted on January 14, 2014 by

Chapter 11 of “The Claim Of Scotland”.

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Migration and unemployment 15

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Chapter 10 of “The Claim Of Scotland”.

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The Highlands and islands 42

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Chapter 9 of “The Claim Of Scotland”.

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The takeover bid 38

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Chapter 8 of “The Claim Of Scotland”.

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The framework of taxation 11

Posted on January 09, 2014 by

Chapter 7 of “The Claim Of Scotland”:

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The law 54

Posted on January 08, 2014 by

Chapter 6 of “The Claim Of Scotland”.

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Bureaucrats in the saddle 36

Posted on January 07, 2014 by

Chapter 5 of “The Claim Of Scotland”.

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Frustration in Parliament 68

Posted on January 06, 2014 by

Chapter 4 of “The Claim Of Scotland”.

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