The Challenge Facing The New Scottish Labour Leader

12th August 2015 Comment Elections, parties & leaders How Scotland should be governed Policy issues The Scottish independence referendum

Labour’s new Scottish leader is due to be unveiled on Saturday, an announcement that will in effect signal that the holiday season is coming to an end and normal political hostilities will soon begin once more. The announcement will, of course, be made against the backdrop of a divisive UK leadership contest in which the […]






Should Scotland Have a EU Referendum Veto?

24th March 2015 Comment How Scotland should be governed

Last Tuesday the Scottish Parliament held a debate on ‘Scotland’s Place in Europe’. Humza Yousaf, the Scottish Government’s Minister for Europe and International Development, reiterated a call made months earlier by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that any UK exit of the EU (increasingly referred to as ‘Brexit’) should be subject to vetoes by each of […]


Are Voters Up for Yet More Debate about Constitutional Change?

18th March 2015 Comment How Scotland should be governed

It has become a common assertion that, while people might have been very involved in the debate about the independence referendum, they probably do not want to continue talking further about questions of devolution and UK governance. In particular people outside Scotland surely must be fed up with the continued preoccupation with such questions? However, […]