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Dennis Canavan with Elaine C Smith during the 2014 referendum campaign

COMMENT Here's what it was like on the night of the Scottish independence referendum

I SHALL never forget the night of September 18-19, 2014 ...

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Making St Andrew's Day a national holiday would allow it to become a real celebration of our national identity

Dennis Canavan: Why St Andrew's Day should be a national holiday

SCOTLAND is one of the few countries in the world which does not have a national holiday, a special day in the year when we can come together to celebrate our national identity. The French have Bastille Day, the Irish have St Patrick’s Day, the United States has two national days, namely Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day, but Scotland does not even have one.

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Dennis Canavan during his speech at the SNP Spring conference at the Eden Court in Inverness

Dennis Canavan: The reconvening of the parliament was a historic milestone but it was not the end of the road
TWENTY years ago today, the people of Scotland were dancing in the streets to celebrate the advent of Scotland’s first parliament for nearly 300 years.