Attitudes and Behaviours
Opinion
Small States in the Modern World: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen, discusses requirements for small states to thrive, arguing that small states do equally or better than larger states.
Opinion
Scotland has its own political class...just like Westminster
,It is commonplace in Britain to identify a “political class”, out of touch with the general population.
Opinion
England votes for a break from politics
Richard Parry discusses the way that the 2019 UK General Election bucked the trend for surprise results.
Opinion
Keeping Perspectives
Instead of focusing on the success of the SNP, we should compare the Labour and Conservative vote share in Scotland and England since 1945, states David McCrone, University of Edinburgh.
Opinion
Continuity and consolidation?
Malcolm Harvey, University of Aberdeen, provides a rundown of the general election results in Scotland, asking is this the new norm?
Opinion
Will 2019 be like 1987, 2015 or 2017?
Richard Parry assesses the prospects of Boris Johnson’s surpassing the electoral achievements of David Cameron and Theresa May.
Opinion
Analysing the Manifestos: Northern Ireland
Brexit has played a conspicuous role in the election in Northern Ireland, but, as in the rest of the UK, it has also been forced to compete for attention with other headline-grabbing political
Opinion
Analysing the Manifestos: Strengthen the Union
In the second edition of our series analysing where parties stand on constitutional issues, Jack Sheldon looks at where the Conservatives stand on Brexit and Scottish independence.
Opinion
Analysing the Manifestos: No radical change required?
Throughout the General Election campaign, we will analyse where the parties stand on constitutional issues.
Opinion
How the election is organising itself
Richard Parry discusses the media presentation of opinion poll findings as we await evidence of the impact of the Brexit Party withdrawal from Conservative seats.