18th September 2015 Comment
Elections, parties & leaders National identity and cultural issues The Scottish independence referendum
Today is the day to take stock of where Scotland stands exactly a year on from an independence referendum that the UK government at least hoped would be ‘decisive’. It hardly looks that way now. For Scotland appears to be divided straight down the middle on the constitutional question on which it voted exactly a […]
2nd September 2015 GB Question
Cross border attitudes National identity and cultural issues
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2nd September 2015 GB Question
National identity and cultural issues
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20th February 2015 Comment
National identity and cultural issues
It has been described as “Scotland’s Shame”. And indeed according to a new report published today by the Scottish Government and based on findings from the 2014 Scottish Social Attitudes survey, much of the Scottish public appears to agree that it is a problem. But what should be done about it is, perhaps, a rather […]
26th December 2014 Scotland Question
National identity and cultural issues
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26th September 2014 Comment
National identity and cultural issues The Scottish independence referendum
One of the common features of political polling is that while a plethora appear in advance of an election or a referendum, nobody bothers to conduct a poll afterwards. For newspapers, the most common commissioners, polls are of interest beforehand because they provide a basis for speculating about what will happen when polling day does […]
25th August 2014 GB Question
National identity and cultural issues
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13th August 2014 Comment
National identity and cultural issues The Scottish independence referendum
TNS BMRB’s monthly poll is published today. As ever its face to face polling is done over a longer fieldwork period than other polls. In this instance polling started the day the Commonwealth Games were opened on 23 July and ended on 7 August, two days after the leaders’ debate. It thus gives us a […]
12th August 2014 Scotland Question
National identity and cultural issues
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12th August 2014 Scotland Question
National identity and cultural issues
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