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Forming a pact with the Liberal Democrats would make electoral sense in England – but Keir Starmer does not see it as a risk worth taking.
The party of government in Scotland has strayed from its ‘social democratic’ vision and desperately needs a new approach to solving inequalities across society.
What’s happening in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales this Thursday.
A new study reveals how a narrative of Scottish openness to immigration encourages migrants to downplay their experiences of discrimination.
A green party is in government in the UK for the first time.
Read the constituency results to understand where the independence debate heads next.
The two big constitutional questions of the age have caused complicated divisions that help explain party support.
There’s everything to play for as Scotland counts down to May 6.
Those who talk down an independent Scotland’s prospects are not factoring in one of its biggest natural resources.
She defended herself robustly and humbly admitted to errors, but the first minister is still on shaky ground when it comes to crucial questions.
Economics is set to dominate the debate, just like last time around.
Coronavirus may be delaying Alex Salmond’s reckoning, but both the Scottish government and the SNP as a party have some difficult times ahead.
Independence is a vexed question for the Scottish people, especially with so much yet unknown about how the UK will fare in its divorce from the European Union.
The SNP administration has adopted a fashionable so-called ‘mission-oriented’ approach for its flagship economic development plan, but it looks a lot like mission impossible.
A chorus of politicians are once again calling for electoral reform after the UK’s 2019 election.
Independence support in Scotland is now at critical levels. The ball is in the UK prime minister’s court.
The outcome of this week’s general election is far from certain, but whatever happens, the nation’s deep divides are unlikely to be healed.
Sitting MPs toppling right, left and centre? Not necessarily. The connection between the safeness of a seat and the chances it will change hands is much looser than we might expect.
At first glance it seems like a strange strategy to go big on another independence referendum when half of Scots would vote No.
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling
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Professor of Political Science, University of the West of Scotland
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