Whatever happens constitutionally, would you like Scotland to keep or not to keep a common welfare and benefits system with the UK?
21st December 2022 Scotland Question How Scotland should be governed Perceptions of government & the Union
Topic: How Scotland should be governed
Attitudes in Scotland to options for governing Scotland including more devolution and independence
Whatever happens constitutionally, would you like Scotland to keep or not to keep a common UK Old Age Pension?
21st December 2022 Scotland Question How Scotland should be governed Perceptions of government & the Union
Whatever happens constitutionally, would you like Scotland to keep or not to keep a single British armed forces?
21st December 2022 Scotland Question How Scotland should be governed Perceptions of government & the Union
A Tale of Two Halves? The Supreme Court Judgement and Attitudes towards Independence
14th December 2022 Comment Elections, parties & leaders How Scotland should be governed The Scottish independence referendum
The Supreme Court judgement that the Scottish Parliament does not have the legal authority to hold a referendum on independence was widely welcomed by unionist politicians. However, so far at least, it seems to have undermined rather than underpinned the foundations of public support for the Union. Four polls of people’s vote intentions in a […]
Would you vote SNP at the next General Election if your vote would be used as a mandate to negotiate independence with the UK Government?
24th November 2022 Scotland Question Elections, parties & leaders How Scotland should be governed
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Support for Independence
22nd November 2022 Comment How Scotland should be governed Policy issues
One remarkable development during the COVID-19 pandemic was a marked if temporary increase in the level of support for independence. Every published opinion poll conducted between June 2020 and January 2021 had Yes ahead of No when people were asked how they would vote in response to the question that appeared on the referendum ballot […]
Should the monarchy be retained or should we be a republic with an elected head of state?
20th October 2022 Scotland Question How Scotland should be governed
How Much of a Challenge Do Labour Pose to the SNP?
10th October 2022 Comment Elections, parties & leaders How Scotland should be governed
Nicola Sturgeon speaks to her party’s annual conference in Aberdeen today facing a rather different political landscape than the one in place a few weeks ago. Four polls conducted in the run up to the conference indicate that the sharp swing from Conservative to Labour recorded in the British polls following the ‘fiscal event’ of […]
Which of the following statements about the Scottish tax system is closest to your view?
7th October 2022 Scotland Question Economic issues How Scotland should be governed Policy issues
How The Constitutional Question Has Become More Divisive
22nd September 2022 Comment How Scotland should be governed
Nicola Sturgeon has a fall-back plan. In her statement in June on how she proposed to set about trying to hold a second independence referendum in the face of opposition from Westminster, she indicated that, if she were unable to hold a legal referendum in October 2023, she would contest the next UK general election […]
