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Gordon Hamilton's professional background is within the UK Banking Sector. Between the years of 1988 and 2007, he worked for what was initially Halifax Building Society (Savings and Loan,) became Halifax plc and ultimately Halifax Bank of Scotland plc. He

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Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK Scotland 2007: Is now the time for independence?: 1 of 8
For three centuries, this United Kingdom has largely thrived and flourished, to a far greater extent than any one of her component parts could ever have hoped to achieve alone. We have introduced countless new inventions to the world, we have led the way in democratic processes from the developing ashes of our ancestral feud... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK What will be Tony Blair's legacy: 5 of 18
This is a subject on which a great many of us could perhaps write spiel after spiel but for me the one outstanding legacy Mr Blair will leave is that he will go down in history as the man who destroyed the Union. It is a widely held belief in countries such as ours that governments will come and governments will go and altho... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK Margaret Thatcher, first female prime minister: 5 of 12
Margaret Hilda Thatcher came to power in 1979, having to contend not only with the stigma of becoming Britain's first female Prime Minister, but facing the daunting and monumental task of beginning to clean off the slime and who knows all what which coated the country's collective being following more than a decade spent wal... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK New licensing laws in Scotland in September 2009: 1 of 1
The new licensing laws in Scotland in September 2009 represent the coming in to effect of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005. There are some aspects of the new laws which are desirable but equally there are some which are so ridiculous as to be all but unbelievable. The principal law concerning the sale of alcohol in Scotland... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Soccer A look at the drawbacks of the Scottish Premier League's end of season split: 1 of 1
The Scottish Premier League is unlikely ever to be mentioned among the world's top football (soccer) leagues, never mind be considered to be a member of same. It is totally dominated by Glasgow's big two, Rangers and Celtic, year in and year out and simply is not attractive enough to generate the incredible TV revenue which ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Understanding democracy: 55 of 72
The State of the Union Every year, by law and by custom, in The United States of America, the incumbent president of our transatlantic cousins makes an address to the nation, succinctly titled as above. But what of the state of our Union, the original Union: what of "Her Britannic Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain an... More..