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Two Tribes

Ross Martin - The Scotsman

It has been a long time coming, but it is finally running in Edinburgh. No, not the tram, but a coalition of Scotland's two heavyweight political parties.

The NOC on Towns

Leigh Sparks - Stirling Retail

The Scottish electoral system is supposedly designed to ensure that no one has control of anything – well that was the theory that the SNP destroyed in May 2011 with their ground-breaking and myth-busting triumph to become the majority party in the Scottish Parliament.

Local Government PR

"Scots are being asked to vote for their council today, but so few of us realise that we can change the shape of local politics – and the services they provide – forever, writes Ross Martin.