Iain MacWhirter is for many of us the best columnist writing in Scotland at the moment. Clearly at one point a rigorous Marxist, and having gone through his vale of tears as a columnist for the Observer and a BBC Political Correspondent, Iain is now liberated into commentary which displays both insider knowledge of the Scottish establishment, and a powerful (if occasionally despairing) progressive analysis. See his own blog for more pieces. He's also currently Rector of Edinburgh University.
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010
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