After another weekend of crisis, nationalisation and ministerial chicanery, several thoughts occur on the political implications.Firstly, the concept of Scottish independence is dead in Scotland for a generation at least and Unionists should press...

Wendy Alexander, who leads the Labour Party north of the border, has startled a lot of her political colleagues – not least, Gordon Brown – by suddenly announcing that she wants a referendum on Scottish independence, and she wants it now....

Gordon Brown was facing fresh battles on three fronts to retain his political authority yesterday as senior figures challenged him over Scottish independence, 42 days detention and the 10p tax climbdown. Returning to Westminster still reeling from...