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AFGHANISTAN MoD has failed to adapt, says general
THE former commander of Britain's military operation in Helmand province has said that the Ministry of Defence is \"institutionally incapable\" of succeeding in Afghanistan. He said that the Army had \"consistently failed\" to understand the motivations of Afghans and called for a fresh \"hearts and minds\" strategy focusing on the local culture and economy.
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Salmond's timetable for Scots
Despite polls showing falling support for independence and little interest in a referendum, he claimed \"this argument can be won\". Mr [ALEX SALMOND] was unveiling a White Paper on Scotland's constitutional future, a document he claimed provided more detail \"than ever in our history\" on the options available. Annabel Goldie, Scottish Tory leader, said: \"This Referendum Bill is a complete waste of public resources on something that the people of Scotland clearly don't want.\"
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Labour tells Scots: you can set your own level of income tax
Holyrood is funded by an annual grant from Westminster. Under the [Kenneth Calman] proposals, income tax rates north of the border would be reduced by 10p in the pound across all bands and Scotland's grant reduced by the amount correspondingly lost to the Treasury: about pounds 4 billion a year. The Scottish Parliament would decide the income tax rate to apply to make up its budget.
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Scots deliver blow to Salmond's drive for independence
Mr [Alex Salmond], the leader of the Scottish National Party, hopes to increase the number of SNP MPs from seven to 20 and use them to extract concessions in a hung Parliament, but Scottish support for his party and independence appears to be on the wane. Mr Salmond wants to hold a vote asking Scots for permission to \"negotiate a settlement with the UK Government so that Scotland becomes an independent state\".
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On the rocks: the whisky lost for 100 years
Two crates of the now extinct Rare Old brand of McKinlay and Co whisky have been buried in the Antarctic ice since [Ernest Shackleton] was forced to abandon his polar mission in 1909. Mr [Richard Paterson] said Shackleton's whisky could still be drinkable and taste exactly how it did 100 years ago, but conceded that the bottles could have been damaged due to the changing conditions in the Antarctic. \"When that whisky was made it would have been quite heavy and peaty, as that was the style in the early 1900s,\" he added. \"It may taste the same as it did back then if the cork has stayed in the bottle and kept it airtight.\"
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Labour holds former Speaker's seat
The SNP overturned a larger deficit of about 13,500 in the Glasgow East by-election last year, but Labour has held Glasgow North East for 74 years and Willie Bain, its candidate, was the clear favourite. Stewart Hosie, the SNP's campaign manager, said: \"Unfortunately our positive vision of Glasgow North East was subsumed by the wholly negative campaign from Labour.\" negative campaign, accusing the devolved administration of Alex Salmond, the SNP leader, of being \"anti-Glasgow\" following its decision to scrap a pounds 170 million rail link between the city's centre and airport.
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Brown rules out Lockerbie inquiry
The Prime Minister said it would be \"inappropriate\" to order an investigation, and that all that was needed was a Scotland-based inquiry. \"These are matters which the separate legal jurisdiction in Scotland considered and upheld. I do not think it would be appropriate for the UK Government to open an inquiry of this sort.\" Prof Robert Black, a senior Scottish QC, who is campaigning for an inquiry, accused the Prime Minister of \"gross political cowardice\".
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