18th September 2019 Comment
How Scotland should be governed
Five years ago today, Scotland went to the polls to decide whether it should become an independent country or remain part of the UK. The ballot was meant to settle the issue for a generation. In practice, however, it appears to be as unresolved as it has ever been. The result of the 2014 referendum […]
6th August 2019 Scotland Question
How Scotland should be governed Policy issues
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6th August 2019 Scotland Question
How Scotland should be governed
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5th August 2019 Comment
Elections, parties & leaders How Scotland should be governed
In recent weeks and months more than one poll has asked people in Scotland either how they would vote in anther independence referendum should Boris Johnson become Prime Minister or how they would vote in the event that the UK left the EU without a deal. The responses to these hypothetical questions suggested that either […]
1st July 2019 Comment
How Scotland should be governed
Twenty years ago today, the Scottish Parliament acquired the legislative powers that it had been granted under the 1998 Scotland Act. The new body, housed temporarily in the Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland at the top of the Mound in Edinburgh, was formally opened by the Queen, and the occasion marked by a […]
21st June 2019 Scotland Question
How Scotland should be governed
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29th April 2019 GB Question
How Scotland should be governed
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27th April 2019 Comment
Elections, parties & leaders How Scotland should be governed
There is, perhaps, likely to be an unspoken hope stalking the corridors of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre where the SNP gather for their spring conference this weekend. It is that, rather than being resolved via a second referendum, the Brexit impasse should eventually precipitate a general election. For, so far as voting intentions for […]
29th March 2019 Scotland Question
How Scotland should be governed
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12th March 2019 Scotland Question
How Scotland should be governed
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