News and opinion

In an article originally published in the Scotsman, Charlie Jeffery discusses the need for more information on the implications of independence and the contribution that the Future of the UK and Scotland project hopes to make to the debate.

Michael Kenny considers the impact of the Scottish Referendum on public opinion in England and the role the English might play in its outcome.

Coree Brown presents a round up of the latest external blogs of interest.

James Mitchell analyses the campaign to date and comments on what we might expect over the coming year, concluding that while there might be a few surprises in the campaigns, the broad behaviours are largely set.

Scotland differs from the rest of the UK in terms of the scale, determinants and impacts of migration. Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford writes about the launch of Migration in Scotland and addressing these issues.