Alasdair Drennan
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Alasdair is a final year History student at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Student, the UK's oldest student newspaper.

As news editor, he covered the 2011 tuition fees protests and was listed on the website 'Ones to Watch' for the coverage. He has also written for the BBC Scotland website.

Blog Entries by Alasdair Drennan

Braveheart is Not a Reason for Independence

(10) Comments | Posted 30 November 2012 | (12:42)

It's St Andrews Day. A day for haggis, neeps, tatties and a ceilidh and as of this year it seems, a day for Scottish nationalists to lose the plot completely. Whilst the official social media account of the 'Yes' campaign and the SNP has been very civilised outlining their belief...

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Refocus the Debate

(4) Comments | Posted 23 October 2012 | (18:17)

Serious discussions about Scottish independence began in May of last year when the SNP won an unexpected majority in the Scottish Parliament and yet the debate has failed to move much further than the discussion of a referendum question. Now that details of the referendum have been confirmed, it is...

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