Seen Elsewhere 02/07/2011

• Ruth Dudley Edwards: Cringing over Baron Von Provo's ignoble mutterings

  "With McGuinness top Sinn Fein dog in Northern Ireland, Adams understandably grew weary with the dreary problems of West Belfast, where his sullen constituents wonder what has happened to the promised Utopian Sinn Fein-led United Ireland for which so many killed, died and suffered. Despite his ignorance of the South, he will almost certainly be elected. It will be fun to see how TDs cope with lectures from a didactic bore who doesn't really understand what he's talking about. Will they squirm or jeer?"

• Scotland’s Stamp Act: Could the Scotland Bill lead to the demand for independence?

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