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Rivers and meadows near Isleornsay on the island of Skye

COMMENT Jim Fairlie: Depopulation in rural Scotland is not an issue we can ignore

ASK anyone in any rural community across Scotland what the most worrying long-term issue affecting their area is and they will give you the same answer: depopulation.

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Abstentionism must be left on the table as an option for the SNP, writes Jim Fairlie

COMMENT Jim Fairlie: The SNP shouldn't be afraid of embracing abstentionism at Westminster

With the looming UK General Election, it is only right that we are discussing how Scotland will reinstate an independent parliament in

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Having 60,000 tonnes of beef and 50,000 tonnes of sheep meat introduced into the Scottish market takes a huge chunk of business away from Scottish farmers, says Jim Fairlie

COMMENT Here's why the New Zealand trade deal is so bad for Scotland's farmers

THE UK’s post-Brexit free trade agreement with New Zealand is causing division. Last week,the UK Trade Minister, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said anxiety over the deal was “misplaced” but Scottish Ministers and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board have warned it will “damage” and “negatively impact” Scottish farmers. New Zealand’s media even reported the economic impact for the UK will be “negligible” compared to their own. SNP MSP Jim Fairlie shares his thoughts on w

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Jim Fairlie MSP, Pete Wishart MP and Ivan McKee MSP presented an indy business briefing in Perth

comment Jim Fairlie: Our breakfast briefing for businesses got stuck into independence

I HOSTED a breakfast briefing for businesses in my Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency earlier this month, alongside Perth and North Perthshire MP Pete Wishart, who was on hand to discuss the Westminste perspective.

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It’s the same old scaremongering every time we move towards independence

COMMENT It’s the same old scaremongering every time we move towards independence

HERE we go again! Every time Scotland moves towards self-government the same old, same old scare stories emerge. And every time Project Fear thwarts Scotland’s ambitions, these scare stories then come true under Westminster control.

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Tory Trade Secretary Liz Truss backs a tariff-free deal with Australia, but many industry voices warn this could be crippling for British farms

National Extra Why Tories are wrong to paint Australian trade worries as just 'SNP grievance'

CONSERVATIVE Trade Secretary Liz Truss today wrote an article in The Herald in which she claimed the SNP were aiming to "deny Scotland the benefits of the UK-Australia trade deal".

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'It seems certain the farming industry is to be nothing more than a bargaining chip to play in the roulette wheel of trade deals'

Comment This is why Scottish independence will benefit farmers all over Scotland

WHEN looking to write a piece on the positive case for independence from a farming perspective, it struck me as a slightly odd way to look at the independence of your nation being predicated on anything other than a desire for self-determination.

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Jim Fairlie says only independence can truly release the full potential of Scots

comment The SNP are working for Scotland but there is still so much for us to do

STANDING for selection in Perthshire South and Kinross-shire was one of the easiest decisions of my life.

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Responsibility for constitutional affairs was misappropriated by Westminster in the 1998 Scotland Act, under which the Holyrood Parliament was created

comment There’s a straightforward way to regain control of our future

IN 2017, I was an Oxford Farming Conference panellist at The Royal Highland Show with former LibDem MEP and fellow farmer George Lyon. The topic was the future of farming following the Brexit vote.

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