Unionism’s experience in NI should give Alex Salmond pause for thought on Derry’s Walls tomorrow…

When travelling outside Scotland,  Alex Salmond usually doesn’t miss an opportunity  to  characterise his Scottish National Party as ‘peaceful, civic, and inclusive’.  He did it in Bilbao in January when he was receiving the Sabino Arana award from  the authorities in the Basque Country. He is likely to bathe it in the same virtuous light this Friday when he comes to  Derry  to address the city’s Chamber of Commerce  He will be in a place where anti-British nationalism is based …

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Welcome to the Ulsterisation of Scottish politics…

The following is written by Aidan Kerr. On Hogmanay night, in the dying hours of 2014, I published on my blog the following article entitled ‘The Ulsterisation of Scottish Politics’. As the SNP tsunami approached I could see the politics of this wee country altering. It was to be drawn across constitutional lines in a similar fashion to another wee country to our west. Today, ulsterisation deepens. As we walk towards May’s Scottish Parliament elections we have the Scottish Conservatives …

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