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Northern Ireland will never be the same again

13 December 2019 | Jonathan Evershed

The 2019 general election has seen a fundamental transformation of Northern Ireland's political landscape argues Jonathan Evershed, University College Cork. Jonathan assesses what has changed and how this is likely to impact on the constitutional future of the UK.

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Attitudes and Behaviours

Continuity and consolidation?

13 December 2019 | Malcolm Harvey

Malcolm Harvey, University of Aberdeen, provides a rundown of the general election results in Scotland, asking is this the new norm?

Independence and the Union

Northern Ireland will never be the same again

13 December 2019 | Jonathan Evershed

Independence and the Union

The 'other Union': Indyref2 and the future of the UK

11 December 2019 | Coree Brown Swan

A second independence referendum is no longer an if but a when argues Coree Brown Swan, University of Edinburgh. How will this play out and how might parties respond.

Attitudes and Behaviours

Will 2019 be like 1987, 2015 or 2017?

10 December 2019 | Richard Parry

Richard Parry assesses the prospects of Boris Johnson’s surpassing the electoral achievements of David Cameron and Theresa May.

Independence and the Union

The English Question and Brexit

10 December 2019 | Michael Kenny

Is the English General Election campaign indifferent to the territorial debates happening elsewhere in the UK? Michael Kenny, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, argues that the long-awaited questions about England and the union have moved into the heart of domestic politics.

Brexit, Independence and the Union

What About Wales? Wales Manifesto Review

9 December 2019 | Centre on Constitutional Change

Jac Larner and Dan Wincott of the Wales Governance Centre examine the Welsh party manifestos.