Skilful Salmond returns to Westminster as the political assassin (The Scotsman)
IT WAS the day Alex Salmond went to London cloaked with the smile of diplomacy but carrying the dagger of the political assassin....more...Hearts kid Jonsson to get call for Barca clash (Edinburgh Evening News)
TEENAGER Eggert Jonsson is in line to face Spanish giants Barcelona this weekend after making his mark on Hearts' pre-season tour of Germany....more... Salmond returns to Commons after 119 days (The Scotsman)
ALEX Salmond, the First Minister, will break his absence from Westminster during a high-profile visit to the House of Commons and Buckingham Palace tomorrow....more... McConnell just weeks from stepping down (The Scotsman)
JACK McConnell is set to stand down as Labour's Holyrood leader within the next four weeks, with Wendy Alexander emerging last night as the front-runner to succeed him....more... MPs to question Blair over cash for honours (Scotland on Sunday)
TONY Blair is to be quizzed by MPs over allegations peerages were offered in return for donations to political parties, in a clear sign the "cash for honours" saga will rumble on....more... A very civil separation (The Scotsman)
LONDON and Edinburgh are formally operating as separate administrations, breaking the powerful civil service links that used to bind Scotland into the rest of the United Kingdom, The Scotsman can reveal....more... PostTalk: Edwards Dismisses Haircut, Hedge Fund Critics (Washington Post)
When The Post's Dan Balz and I sat down with former Sen. John Edwards yesterday in Cleveland, the former North Carolina Senator was in the midst of a three-day poverty tour designed to re-affirm his commitment to the issue in......more... RAF scrambles to intercept Russian bombers (Times Online)
RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian strategic bombers heading for British airspace yesterday, as the spirit of the Cold War returned to the North Atlantic once again....more... Vick Indicted in Dog-Fighting Scandal (About.com)
Despite reports indicating an indictment was not forthcoming, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, whose Surry County (Va.) property has been the focus of a dog-fighting investigation, was in fact charged......more... |