Brian Taylor - Parliaments on parade

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"Varying degrees of flummery on display in and around parliaments (plural) today. I observed one in person and one on the telly."

Brian Taylor - Job share to run Edinburgh City Council

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"And so Labour and the SNP are to share power in the capital.

As an onlooker and occasional resident, I would simply wish them loadsaluck, especially with the trams."

Brian Taylor - Good day, bad day

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"So, where are we with a raft of Scottish results in? Good day for the SNP, good day for Labour, poor day for the Tories, simply miserable for the Liberal Democrats."

Douglas Fraser - Defying the double dip down in the valleys

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Do people who live amid mountains make for hardier survivors of economic downturn?

Brian Taylor - Alex Salmond questions raised over MP hacking report

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Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has come under more pressure over links with Rupert Murdoch, after MPs said he was not fit to lead News Corporation.

Brian Taylor - MP hacking report sparks Alex Salmond questions

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As was to be expected, opposition leaders at Holyrood are demanding a statement from the first minister anent the Westminster finding that Rupert Murdoch is "not a fit person" to run a major international conglomerate.