Devolution
Opinion
Scotland, the last in line to relax lockdown
As the Scottish Government finally publishes a strategy for emerging from lockdown, it has been able to hold on to the maximum time and benefit from full restrictions.
Opinion
Johnson gives an opening to covid policy dealignment
As the devolved administrations show increasing confidence in charting their own course, Richard Parry reviews a crucial few days in the UK's response to the virus.
Opinion
Why have the UK's governments diverged on easing lockdown?
,Jack Sheldon and Michael Kenny consider why Boris Johnson’s televised address on a phased approach to easing lockdown has sparked public disagreements with the devolved governments,
Opinion
Contrasting responses to a common virus
Richard Parry discusses the varied responses to the pandemic between the devolved nations in the UK and beyond, and what this tells us about the relationship between the polit
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Territorial governance and the coronavirus crisis
,Michael Kenny and Jack Sheldon, University of Cambridge, discuss the seemingly co-ordinated approach from governments throughout the UK in response to the coronavirus, but all may n
Opinion
Stormont Restored: New Decade, New Approach?
After three years of stasis, devolution in Northern Ireland is grinding back into gear, following the publication at the end of last week of
Opinion
Devolution and the Environment - now the show begins?
In this blog from our "Twenty Years of Devolution" series, Colin Reid, Professor of Environmental Law at University of Dundee, notes that while the role of EU law in environmental matters has s
Opinion
The Labour Party since Devolution
Eric Shaw from University of Stirling, evaluates the Labour Party's record in Scotland since devolution and asks to what extent is their Scottish demise a consequence of the logic of devolution
Opinion
The SNP: A Party of Union?
Should SNP opponents start trying to understand why the party is so successful instead of 'treating nationalism like a virus to be cured'?
Opinion
High noon for the DUP: The Brexit Deal, ‘Consent’ and the Abortion Debate in Northern Ireland
Jonathan Evershed of University College Cork explores the DUP strategy ahead of Saturday's debates.