Attitudes in Scotland to options for governing Scotland including more devolution and independence
8th July 2016 Comment How Scotland should be governed
The outcome of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU has, as the First Minister has remarked, put the question of Scottish independence back ‘on the table’. Nicola Sturgeon long ago signalled that a UK-wide vote to leave the EU combined with a vote in Scotland to remain would likely be regarded as […]
30th June 2016 Scotland Question How Scotland should be governed
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28th June 2016 Scotland Question How Scotland should be governed
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28th June 2016 Scotland Question How Scotland should be governed
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13th June 2016 Comment How Scotland should be governed
With the opinion polls consistently showing that Scotland is set to vote to Remain in the European Union on June 23rd (the latest estimate from TNS released last week suggested that, after excluding Don’t Knows, as many as 71% might do so), there seems to be more interest north of the border in discussing what […]
6th June 2016 Comment How Scotland should be governed
One of the most striking features of polls of voting intentions in the European Union referendum is that people in Scotland are much more likely to say they will vote to Remain than are their counterparts in England & Wales. Whereas polls across Britain as a whole suggest the referendum race is tight, in Scotland […]
1st May 2016 Comment Elections, parties & leaders How Scotland should be governed
A poll by Panelbase in today’s Sunday Times Scotland provides Labour with some relatively encouraging news in its attempt to stay ahead of the Conservatives at Holyrood. At 23% on the constituency vote and 22% on the list, the party is estimated to be six and three points ahead of the Conservatives respectively. Such an […]
11th April 2016 Scotland Question How Scotland should be governed
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6th April 2016 Comment Elections, parties & leaders How Scotland should be governed Policy issues
One of the rituals of elections in Scotland nowadays is that at the beginning of the campaign BBC Scotland conducts a poll in which it attempts to establish the popularity or otherwise of the various proposals being put forward by the parties. The results of the exercise conducted (by Ipsos MORI) for this year’s Holyrood […]
23rd March 2016 Comment How Scotland should be governed The Scottish independence referendum
Today MSPs pack their bags and prepare to campaign (or retire). Tomorrow will mark the day that if a majority had voted Yes in the independence referendum, Scotland would, according to the SNP’s proposed timetable, have become an independent country. It is thus an opportune moment to take a look at the state of Scotland’s […]
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