Newsweek Scotland: The Union and the Castle.
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| 13:35 UK time, Friday, 3 June 2011
There followed a list of previous stories from the same paper for your delectation. Among them... Salmond and MacAskill ... Queen concerned that ... Sir Mike Jackson tells Alex Salmond: ...and... Salmond is ...Are you getting the picture?
Every government requires scrutiny and with an overall majority in parliament, the SNP sure does. But even avid Unionists might balk at the thunderous tone of relentlessly critical articles which usually end with a one paragraph comment from a government spokesman. It is up to the government to make its own case but given that it will be the Scottish voters who will ultimately decide - I think - are we getting enough of the right kind of information on which to base decisions? We will discuss information and disinformation with and and recall a time when those pesky Nats were spied on by British security and infiltrated. Could Connery be playing a double game!?
We'll look for parallels between the and the Scotland of today. Is the refurbishment of those fabulous apartments of James V some kind of metaphor for our attempts to present ourselves in the modern world. is one of those infectious enthusiasts you'll enjoy listening to.
We're looking into events in Libya. Our reporter Gillian is on the case and we're chasing the latest from Syria. And returns to review the papers. Not to be missed. Join me at 8.
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