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Climate change and Brexit

May 13, 2019 by Hywel Ceri Jones Leave a Comment

‘We urgently now need alliances between the climate emergency and Remain campaigners as our chances of combating disastrous climate change successfully will be significantly improved if and when we remain an influential EU Member State.’

Can Scottish Citizens’ Assembly break the constitutional deadlock?

May 1, 2019 by Michael Keating 1 Comment

A Scottish Citizens Assembly could breathe fresh air into the political debate. But it poses risks for all the parties, argues Michael Keating.

Independent Scotland in EU: timing and challenges

April 28, 2019 by Kirsty Hughes 1 Comment

Independent Scotland in EU: timing and challenges

Independence is far from guaranteed and big issues such as currency are unresolved but Scotland’s chances of (re)joining the EU as a member state have improved.

Brexit and parliamentary ‘sovereignty’

April 10, 2019 by Andrew Blick Leave a Comment

‘The EU cannot negotiate with Parliament; and even if it could, Parliament cannot fully control May. Nor can it control whoever succeeds her at No.10.’

#People’s Vote and #Revoke: good options badly placed

April 2, 2019 by Robert Sharp Leave a Comment

#People’s Vote and #Revoke: good options badly placed

Parliamentary paralysis: the real error is placing #PeoplesVote and #Revoke options alongside options for a deal, says Robert Sharp

Northern Ireland border poll

March 27, 2019 by Alan Whysall Leave a Comment

‘An early poll, particularly if it takes place in a political atmosphere that is strained following a hard Brexit, could seriously destabilise both parts of Ireland, and put at risk the political gains and civil order of recent decades.’

New conversation about Scottish HE

March 21, 2019 by Alastair Sim Leave a Comment

‘ Based on patterns of investment, Scotland is closer to the approach taken in Serbia than Sweden.’ ‘But free higher education has to be well-funded higher education for it to mean anything.’

Brexit lessons for #indyref2

March 15, 2019 by John McLaren 9 Comments

Brexit lessons for #indyref2

Hence in the same sense that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ is a meaningless statement (without defining Brexit), then so too would ‘Independence means Independence’ be.

Brexit and Scottish devolution

March 5, 2019 by Nicola McEwen Leave a Comment

‘If reforms are to be effective, rebuild trust and be regarded as legitimate by all governments, collaboration and mutual consent will need to go hand in hand.

Scottish food, US-UK trade and GM

March 5, 2019 by David Bell Leave a Comment

Scottish food, US-UK trade and GM

‘GM will provide another test of intergovernmental relations within the UK. A key challenge will be how far the UK government is prepared to defend Scotland’s commercial interests through its ban on GM in the US-UK trade negotiations.’

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