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Scottish politics has changed radically since the advent of the Scottish Parliament. There are new personalities, new problems and new laws. This text tracks all those changes and more. The author has spoken - on and off the record - to the key players in Scotland's new political drama. It includes the inside story of Scotland's Parliament - the drama, the horse-trading and the gossip - as well as cool, dispassionate analysis. If you want to find out what really happened when Henry McLeish quit, or when Alex Salmond opted for Westminster, or when Scotland's Cabinet faced down the row over Section 28, this is the book for you. This companion volume to Brian Taylor's "The Scottish Parliament" features all the core developments which led to the creation of Scotland's first Parliament in three hundred years. It is also a comprehensive account of the most substantial reform in the governance of the UK since the Union. But - based upon new interviews and research - it is also a fresh look at the remarkable story of Scotland's reformed democracy.