Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s first minister, has suddenly terminated the Bute House agreement, the pact between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens, which ensured a majority for the Scottish…
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The SNP are set to lose a seat in a vote triggered by a COVID scandal. But this is not one of their safer seats at the best of times.
The UK is now the only democracy where the children of formerly colonised people are running the country that colonised their parents’ and grandparents’ nations.
The higher education sector in particular holds great economic potential.
The fallout over the Scottish government’s gender recognition legislation has not happened in isolation.
Boris Johnson is about to leave 10 Downing Street to be replaced by one of two colleagues. His history in the top job is a chequered one.
Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for indyref2. An expert explains what’s changed since the last time.
Why will calling someone a liar get you thrown out of the UK parliamentary debates, but using defamatory language might not?
There’s everything to play for as Scotland counts down to May 6.
Here are five political leaders from around the world who are emerging as significant talents and possible contenders for influence in 2017 and beyond.
Lynton Crosby is the manipulator with the Midas touch, who has a reputation for tapping into those ideas and prejudices that coarsen public life but are seemingly widely held and a ballot-box boon.
With a steady hollowing out of membership, the cosying up to vested interests with pockets deep enough to maintain party, today’s political parties barely “represent”.
Labour, UKIP and the Greens all gained much bigger swings than the Conservatives, but were election losers. The first-past-the-post system let the Tories pick up a swag of seats with a 0.8% swing.
With 63% of the country not voting Tory, the result throws up its own question of legitimacy.
The Conservative Party looks set to do even better than the surprising exit polls predicted, but the real glory in this election lies with the small parties. The SNP have virtually wiped the main parties…
The Murdoch press strategy of supporting the Conservatives in England and the SNP in Scotland reflected a common interest in denying Labour government in the UK election.
Last year’s independence referendum failed narrowly, but the Scottish electorate has emerged as a force that may well decide who forms the next British government.
The Tories are on course to lose their only Scottish seat, and they need to pick another up. They’ve found a target – and ended up in a three-way battle.
The only way to seize the initiative back from the SNP is to build on the Smith Commission through a new Scottish Constitutional Convention
As the Scottish Nationalists gear up for a big win on May 7, the contribution of one man is in danger of being overlooked
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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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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University
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Centenary Research Professor, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra; Professor of Political Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor of Security and International Relations, Staffordshire University
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Professor, School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University
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Professor of Public Policy, The University of Edinburgh
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Research Fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor, School of Design, RMIT University, RMIT University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Edinboro University
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Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University
