UK Eurosceptics
Brexit puts Scottish indy back in play
#Brexit changes everything. No voters from 2014 are switching to Yes. Independence is back on the cards. Or is it? Is the First Minister’s caution right and proper? Quebec 1995 looms over Holyrood as much…
Brexit, rage, depression and the young
Why anger among young people at the state of the world is never enough to prompt political activism. Thoughts on the 2016 referendum, the one before and where next.
Euref: beyond national identity
Six weeks to the Brexit poll and another test of constitutional and identity political feeling. Facts and logic may play a role but our sense of who we are will be decisive. And what we…
Europe, sovereignty and the Far Right
All eyes on Dave and Donald but, virtually unnoticed, Europe’s main Far Right parties met recently to plot their common future – and regaining national sovereignty is at the heart of their “Other Europe” strategy.…
EU referendum: the emotional case for In
Scotland’s First Minister wants to run her own campaign to persuade voters to remain in the EU, warning against a Project Fear 2. Here a pro-EU Scot sets out five lessons learned from the Indyref…
Scotland and Brexit: independence or crisis?
Lastest polls point to an overall British vote to leave the EU – and a resounding Scottish vote to stay in. The referendum could be as early as June 16 or 23. The continuing UK…
Why the left is split over Europe
How has opposition to the EU changed since the Greek bail out, Cameron’s re-election and referendum pledge and the migration crisis? A professor of European Politics gives her trenchant views.