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...Hunt and the Scot, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, who finished joint second with 6.5/9 to Hunt’s 7, were the class acts in the field and played at a higher level than their opponents....
...SNP president Michael Russell declined to comment on Thursday about Cameron’s defection....
...Nearly half of Scots currently favour independence....
...The role of health secretary, previously held by Yousaf, was taken by Michael Matheson....
...“It is Humza Yousaf’s duty to explain exactly what he would cut, when and how deeply, to make up this huge deficit in his independence plans,” said Scottish Labour finance spokesperson Michael Marra....
...Michael Russell, SNP president and interim chief executive, admitted on Sunday that the party was in a “tremendous mess” and had lost the trust of a significant portion of Scotland’s population....
...But while Sturgeon has no clear successor, Michael Russell, SNP president, said the party’s first contested leadership election since 2004 would be good for it and the wider campaign for independence....
...However, Michael Keating, emeritus professor of politics at the University of Aberdeen and a specialist on constitutional issues, said UK parties were still struggling to set out a vision for the union that...
...Additional reporting by Michael O’Dwyer...
...Support for independence remains close to its level in 2014, when Scots voted to stay in the UK by 55-45 per cent....
...“Presumably if they don’t get a majority of votes, they’ve got to drop the idea that they’ve got a mandate for independence,” said Michael Keating, emeritus professor of politics at the University of Aberdeen...
...Senior ministers like Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove are even inching towards offering the right to raise extra revenue, perhaps with hotel charges or land value taxes....
...of public policy at Edinburgh university, said Sturgeon had failed to exploit the political opportunity she enjoyed when she took over as first minister in the aftermath of the 2014 referendum in which Scots...
...“That goes against the spirit of the devolution settlement,” said Michael Keating, emeritus professor of politics at Aberdeen university, referring to Sunak’s position....
...Michael Lewis, chief executive of energy provider E....
...For once, Scots might be on Westminster’s side....
...As a financial expression of globalisation, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has had a long history stretching back to its founding by a Scot in 1865....
...Scots voted 55 per cent to 45 per cent then against breaking away from the UK.Sturgeon has been seeking a way around Westminster’s intransigence....
...It wasn’t so interesting to hear about Michael Gove in his post-marital party mode dancing his way through a holiday weekend across the border until we learnt that he announced he was the chancellor of the...
...In 2018, Michael Gove, environment secretary at the time, said that England’s nine regional water and sewerage companies had paid out 95 per cent of their profits to shareholders between 2007 and 2016....
...Michael Adams, the England No 1 and defending online champion, finished a point behind Arkell after conceding too many draws....
...There is for instance, the 1976 high-tech house Michael and Patty Hopkins designed for themselves in Hampstead, with Patty finally given her proper due as the main designer....
...The unit was spun off in 1993, overseen by Michael Smith, who chaired CVC until 2013 and who Moulton describes as “incredibly” private....
...I think we can now all be confident that the Arctic Monkeys did not write “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” with Michael Gove in mind....
...Alister Jack, Scotland secretary, said that London could authorise a vote on separation if opinion polls suggested consistently that 60 per cent of Scots wanted a plebiscite....
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