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Read the constituency results to understand where the independence debate heads next.
Nicola Sturgeon thinks she’s found the exit.
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Nicola Sturgeon wants Scotland out, Boris Johnson hopes to hold it all together and Mark Drakeford believes in the best of both worlds.
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When should you tune in for the big announcements over the weekend?
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The two big constitutional questions of the age have caused complicated divisions that help explain party support.
Only time for one scoop on the campaign trail in Wales.
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From councils to devolved parliaments, a bumper crop of contests is happening on the same day.
Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland and Douglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative Party leader, in a pre-election debate.
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A transcript of episode 13 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including new research on neuroplasticity in the brain.
Kezia Dugdale was Scottish Labour leader from 2015-17.
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Ahead of the Scottish election on May 6, the former Scottish Labour leader explains what’s at stake – and what could happen next.
Nicola Sturgeon wants to use a mandate at the May 6 elections to argue for a second independence referendum.
Plus, how researchers have discovered a biological switch that can turn neuroplasticity on and off in the brain. Listen to episode 13 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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We studied shared values within England and found an even larger gulf between Northerners and Southerners than we did between English and Scots.
Busted flush?
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There’s everything to play for as Scotland counts down to May 6.
She’s back.
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Those who talk down an independent Scotland’s prospects are not factoring in one of its biggest natural resources.
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Around 75% of fishermen in the Outer Hebrides speak Gaelic. Their daily use of the language at work helps keep it alive.
Both governments and community organizations promote Robert Burns suppers. Here, an official United Kingdom government photo shows the haggis brought in at the British Prime Minister’s residence, Jan. 22, 2018.
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Both Burns and the suppers that celebrate him have proven remarkably malleable symbols worldwide of the Scottish nation and Scottish hospitality.
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People have questioned whether there’s darkness embedded in the song that many of us have missed
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There is talk of delay, but the Scottish parliament has been working since last year to make sure this vote can be held safely.
A Scottish Saltire flag hangs in the window of an apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland, next to the EU flag in August 2020. Scotland could vote to separate from the U.K. in 2021.
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Scotland’s renewed push for independence is not only similar to Québec’s — there are also lessons for Scottish politicians in Canadian law on the concept of separation.
The Caban Coch dam, in Wales’ Elan Valley, is just one of the estimated 1.2 million river barriers in Europe.
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New research published in the journal Nature reveals that more than 1.2 million flow barriers exist on European rivers and that approximately 10% are obsolete.
There are several building blocks towards reducing menstruation stigma.
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The building blocks towards reducing stigma go far beyond providing period products
How’d you figure that, Boris?
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It might not have been good for Johnson, but things seem to be working out well for Scottish workers.
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Students must not be assessed on course material that they haven’t had the opportunity to learn.