#indyref2 – where are we now?
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Yesterday the Scottish Parliament voted for a motion supporting a second referendum on Scottish independence. This comes as no surprise given the nationalist majority in the Scottish Parliament – 63 SNP MSPs and 6 Green MSPs. [...]
#indyref – the Scottish independence debate on Twitter
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In one month the voters of Scotland will go to the polls to answer the question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” The campaign, which is the longest ever seen in British politics, is picking up [...]
Last week nerves and what to expect
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Sore feet, achy limbs, feeling exhausted but running on adrenaline pretty much sums up the last week of an election campaign for a candidate. The time to persuade people to vote for you has passed and [...]
The General Election in Scotland: a tale of two referendums
For those frustrated at facing a Brexit Election, spare a thought for voters in Scotland, resigned to another election dominated by constitutional conundrums. Since 2014, voting conventions have been abandoned and we’ve watched the transformation of [...]
Political gravity hits the SNP
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After the stratospheric results the SNP achieved in 2015 it was likely, if not even inevitable, that political gravity would kick in. Last night they came back to earth with a bump. Defeats for Angus Robertson, [...]