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The Union’s last premier?

July 29, 2019 by Michael Kenny Leave a Comment

‘Should Johnson stumble in any one of these minefields he will quickly find that his upbeat tone and soundbites about the ‘awesome foursome’ are far from enough to keep the union together’.

Triumph of rhetoric over reality

July 27, 2019 by Lindsay Paterson 1 Comment

‘Education policy as made by the Scottish parliament has certainly been distinctive. But it has not been obviously successful, and it is not, in any historical sense, particularly Scottish.’

National scandal – and emergency

July 17, 2019 by Alex Stevens and Andrew McAuley Leave a Comment

‘We cannot go on like this. Every year since 2014, steep annual increases in drug-related deaths have been met with promises to look into causes and propose solutions. Meanwhile, people continue to die, as evidence-based and life-saving solutions are left on the shelf.’

Brexit: worst crisis for devo

July 12, 2019 by Pete Wishart Leave a Comment

The fact that a cross-party group of MPs has been able to coalesce around the reforms in our report … (underlines) the broad consensus that the time has come for the UK Government to take a serious look at the relationship between the UK and Scottish Governments.’

‘Children of the Devolution’: really?

July 8, 2019 by Gerry Hassan Leave a Comment

‘What is missing is any dynamic between insider and outsider Scotland, or an understanding that politics is about power, contested ideas and different social constituencies.’

What now for Holyrood?

July 7, 2019 by Nicola McEwen Leave a Comment

‘…whereas a Scottish Parliament within the UK can and has responded to Scottish priorities by forging its own path in many policy areas, from tuition fees to public health to land reform, there is little it can do to resist Brexit.’

Devo 20 and the economy

June 28, 2019 by Fraser of Allander Institute 1 Comment

Brilliant red rowan berries, a symbol for Scottish grassroots activism? Picture by Molly Bones CC By-NC-ND 2.0

‘If Scotland is to meet the challenges of the next decade and beyond – and take advantage of the undoubted opportunities that will arise – it is likely to require a much bolder economic policy agenda’
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People O’ Oor Ain

June 11, 2019 by David McCrone Leave a Comment

‘Recall the teeth-gnashing of unionists that people were being sold a false prospectus, that ‘real politics’ are what mattered. Indeed so, but people see constitutional matters as the means to better social and economic policy.’

A £1bn Scottish budget shortfall?

June 1, 2019 by Fraser of Allander Institute 1 Comment

‘But what can be said with certainty, if these forecasts are correct, is that the amount of money that the government had planned to have at their disposal – all other factors remaining equal – will be much smaller’.

The narrative of devolution twenty years on

May 7, 2019 by David Torrance 1 Comment

Twenty years of Scottish devolution: who controls the historical narrative and can thereby claim to ‘speak for Scotland’?

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