Independence and the Union
Opinion
Election Reflections: A Good Campaign, a Poor Result
Elected as leader of the Scottish Labour party just a few months before the 2021 Holyrood Election, Anas Sarwar sought to inject new energy into the flailing party.
Opinion
What happened? Where do we go from here?
Over the coming weeks, academics will respond to the 2021 election results. Today, Richard Parry reflects on the 2021 Holyrood election and what it might mean for the future.
Opinion
Does a majority of seats from pro-independence parties in the Scottish Parliament provide a mandate for a second independence referendum?
How the fight over the meaning of ‘mandate’ might manifest itself post-election 2021.
Opinion
Long Read: Community, church and culture in boundary-making: the legacies of partition in the two parts of Ireland.
In a talk prepared for the BBC at Queen’s University Belfast, Jennifer Todd reflects on the legacies of partition one hundred years on.
Publication
Designing and funding the devolved nations’ policy responses to COVID-19
Report by David Bell (University of Stirling), David Eiser (Fraser of Allander Institute, Strathclyde Business School) and David Phillips (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
Opinion
Scottish independence: Lessons from the Brexit process?
Scottish independence: Lessons from the Brexit process?
Benjamin Martill
Opinion
Union at the crossroads: can the British state handle the challenges of devolution?
The looming sense of crisis over the Union of the United Kingdom seems to thicken with each passing week.
Opinion
Policymaking in an independent Scotland: profound change is possible but unlikely
In a new blog from the ebook ‘Scotland’s new choice: Independence after Brexit’, Paul Cairney reflects on policy-making in an independent Scotland, concluding that independence would likely be
Opinion
Constitutional pathways to a second independence referendum
In a extract from their contribution to the recent ebook ‘Scotland’s new choice: Independence after Brexit’, Chris McCorkindale and Aileen McHarg explore the legal route to independence, but ul