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The State Versus Lothian

Allan Massie 'The gods are just and of our pleasant vices make instruments to plague us' Time and again politics bear out the truth of Edgar's rueful observation; the conflict......

The Strasbourg Cop-out

J. A. G. Griffith The closed shop is a public convenience Which not everyone wishes to use. It is convenient because while it adds to the bargaining strength of the unions it......