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Joan McAlpine

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I live by the Solway, work in heritage and write. Been a newspaper editor, columnist and MSP. Always a mother, daughter, sister. Twitter account personal.
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The home of Robert Burns' Auld Lang Syne is a national treasure. We must not lose it

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By Joan McAlpine
| MSN UK Verified
Auld Lang Syne is the closest thing the world has to a shared anthem. The farm steading where Robert Burns wrote it and scores of other poems and songs must be saved Every year at Hogmanay, Scotland gives the world a song. Auld Lang Syne, however, is more than a musical moment following the bells. It is a collective act of remembrance. Hands are clasped, sometimes awkwardly, sometimes with great tenderness.
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The Mandelson affairs shows we've all forgotten the lessons of #MeToo

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By Joan McAlpine
| Holyrood Verified
The appointment of the ‘Prince of Darkness’ to the top British job in Washington should have raised more questions than it did at the time. Peter Mandelson has a smooth reputation, but trouble sticks to him. Now the prime minister’s very future is at stake because of Mandelson’s past.
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Frank, to a point: Nicola Sturgeon's memoir shows a politician more concerned with positioning than principle

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By Joan McAlpine
| Holyrood Verified
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” It was inevitable that this famous line from Maya Angelou would find its way into Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir. It appears on page 302 of Frankly, as she recalls her speech from Bute House, intended to reassure EU citizens in Scotland after the Brexit vote. Their plight was not her immediate thought when the result landed.
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