By a Newsnet reporter

It was revealed last night that the Westminster Foreign Office believes that the rump-UK could veto Scottish membership of the EU.  In a leaked memo, the Foreign Office raises the possibility that a vengeful David Cameron could prevent Scotland taking up EU membership as a means of scaring Scots into line prior to the independence referendum.

By Gerry Hassan, The Scotsman, February 4th 2012

Human beings have a need to associate, to feel they belong and to be part of wider groupings.

We all recognise this, but we also know some of the limits: the power and negativity of being in a gang, tribe or group, of including and excluding.

In my life many things have defined how I see myself and how I interpret the world: various values, philosophies, labels and outlooks, from politics to culture to of course, football.

By Dave Taylor

A new poll [1] gave voters the choice between “Support independence” : “Devolve financial powers but not defence and foreign policy” and “Keep things as they are”.

37%, of those who had an opinion, support independence; 33% chose the status quo; while “Devo Max” is being squeezed and is down to only 30% as a first preference.

by Paul Kavanagh

The greatest recruiting sergeant for the cause of Scottish independence has again laid into the debate, in a move which looks likely to provoke yet another surge in SNP membership applications and drive undecideds and supporters of fiscal autonomy into the independence camp. 

David 'Respect Agenda' Cameron morphed into Little Britain's Carol "computer says no" Beer and announced last weekend that if you want more powers for the Scottish Parliament within the UK, you can forget it.  Scottish democracy is incompatible with the Union, it does not compute.  So now Scots know, Davie says: "You'll have had your Union."