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Centre on Constitutional Change

The Mayor of England

Michael Keating responds to Andy Burnham's first speech as Prime Minister-in-waiting

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British elections deepen British-Irish political entanglements

Political events and processes are increasingly entangled across Britain and Ireland, reflecting historical and contemporary interdependencies and the common impact of European and international change. Paul Gillespie explores what this might mean going forward.

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When the Independence Conflict Leads to New Rewritings of the History of the Catalonia-Spain Relationship

Florent Frasque explores pro-independence and unionist conceptions of the relationship between Catalonia and Spain.

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Senedd Election 2026: Rupture and Radicalism in Welsh Politics

Nye Davies writes on the 2026 Senedd election and how it reflected sharply differing fortunes for each party
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Irish Unity: Why the 'Others' Matter, North and South

Identity shifts across the island are bringing new alignments and new dimensions to the debate on Irish unity.

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Contesting Sovereignty in Scotland

Michael Keating and David McCrone explore what Scots think about who has the right to decide on Scottish independence, and whether Scotland could unilaterally secede.
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A New Clash of Nationalisms: Reform UK and the erosion of Scottish exceptionalism

This blog seeks to articulate how the rise of Reform UK has eroded the power of the exceptionalist narrative in Scotland and altered nationalist contestation in Scotland.
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The Unfinished Constitution

Michael Keating assesses the state of the UK Constitution 27 years after devolution.
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Across Britain and Ireland: A new blog series from the Centre on Constitutional Change

Twenty-eight years after the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement and on the eve of the elections for the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd, this blog series will bring new thinking to the changing constitutional order across Britain and both parts of Ireland.
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Two narratives of Scotland’s policy performance

After its pre-election budget on 13 January, the Scottish Government faces unenviable dilemmas resulting from the mark 2 version of devolution it accepted after the independence referendum.

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Cracks in the Stonehenge of Welsh Politics: Caerphilly and Labour’s Future

Caerphilly has long been an archetypal Labour seat: a post-industrial town imbued with the symbols and legacies of working-class labour politics. Yet this legacy has not been enough to prevent an historical defeat. Read Nye Davies on why the result in Caerphilly should act as a wake-up call to Welsh Labour, despite many in the party having warned against reading too much into the defeat.
Reinvigorating Devolution: Why Scotland Needs a New Debate on Power and Place
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Reinvigorating Devolution: Why Scotland Needs a New Debate on Power and Place

This report shows that, despite devolution, Scotland’s territorial imbalances have widened, with power and prosperity increasingly concentrated around Edinburgh. It calls for a renewed debate on how to share power more evenly across Scotland’s diverse places.

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