TED and the Edinburgh Conversations: Part II

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To follow up on my last blog about TEDGlobal, here are some suggestions for conversation topics about a new Scotland: What do we mean by independence? In an interdependent world, where does nationalism fit? How important …

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Asking the Right Questions

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Some readers will have seen my piece in the Scotsman recently commenting on concerns expressed about the conduct of a Scottish Parliament committee when questioning those appearing before it on the subject of the Parliament's …

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Coalition Working

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We all know that something really interesting happened in British politics with the agreement of the Conservatives and Lib-Dems to work in coalition. What is interesting is the reaction. People don't quite know how to …

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Mediation and Coalition Government

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An intriguing and unheralded intervention in the general election campaign came last week from the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution in London. The Centre suggested that, with the prospect of a "hung" parliament, what we …

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