Independence and the Union

Opinion

Brexit and the EU: Germany moves on

Kirsty Hughes

In Berlin, Brexit is not at the top of the agenda. EU challenges will loom large in the upcoming German elections.

Opinion

After Brexit: The English question surfaces

Michael Kenny

"Will the Prime Minister provide a commitment today that no part of the great repeal bill will be subject to English votes for English laws?” This seemingly technical query – posed by the SNP’s K

Opinion

Canada-Dry: Where next for UK-EU Brexit talks?

Kirsty Hughes

Amid talk of a UK-EU trade deal, many seem to have forgotten that the divorce talks need to happen first.

Opinion

Devolving Brexit

Charlie Jeffery

What the Scottish Government has proposed in its proposals for a differentiated Brexit settlement may evoke howls of protest from Downing Street but is actually fairly mainstream opinion.

Opinion

The Brexit ball is now very much in Westminster’s court

Michael Keating

In 2014 Scots voted to remain in the United Kingdom by 55 per cent. This year they voted 62 per cent to remain in the European Union. With the UK now heading for Brexit, they cannot have both.

Opinion

Scotland’s Brexit proposals: Massive devolution, Indyref2 or just a holding game?

Kirsty Hughes

Nicola Sturgeon’s paper ‘Scotland’s Place in Europe’ sets out some fairly clear tests for what she calls a compromise on Brexit – wh

News

Funding deal can end threat of the “Barnett Squeeze”

Centre on Constitutional Change

The UK Government and the Welsh Government are currently discussing the future of a ‘funding floor’ for Wales, designed to protect the relative level of government spending per head in Wales.

Opinion

Brexit by March 2019: Does the government have a plan and will Labour oppose any part of it?

Kirsty Hughes

Wednesday’s vote is likely to be remembered as the day when 84% of MPs at Westminster voted to set the UK on a rapid path to Brexit, says Kirsty Hughes, with the Tory government of the day su

Opinion

Negotiating Brexit in a devolved state: The dynamics of intergovernmental relations

Nicola McEwen

Opinion

The High Court’s Judgment in Miller and Others – four brief remarks

Tobias Lock

Following the High Court’s ruling on whether the UK Parliament should be involved in the activation of the Article 50 process to leave the EU, Tobias Lock analyses the judgement.

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