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.
Sturge overkill?
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As the Brexit clock ticks down and the Alex Salmond crisis grows, the stakes have never been higher for his SNP successor.
High road, low road.
mwreck
Brexit has shown the constitutional arrangements around devolution for what they are.
Barking.
eAlisa
The politics may have changed over the years, but the literary obsessions of ‘northern Britain’ seem hard to shake.
Why let George Osborne have all the fun?
Chris Radburn/PA
Scotland’s former first minister has sparked outrage in the UK with his latest move.
Protest in Barcelona against the Spanish government on September 21.
Riderfoot
When you put together the efforts of the Spanish authorities to curb media coverage of the Catalan referendum, you have a deeply worrying picture.
Jack’s back.
DFID
Scotland’s former first minister on Brexit, Scotland and the need for a new generation of visionaries.
Brief encounter.
Jane Barlow/PA
Theresa May isn’t the only national leader having a queasy election.
‘My fellow Caledonians …’
Jane Barlow/PA
The Scottish nationalists’ election pitch is about damage limitation, not a radical sell.
Celebrating in Glasgow.
Andrew Milligan/PA
The Conservative threat in Scotland is more than just hype.
PA/Jane Barlow
Nicola Sturgeon may have fired a starting gun for indyref2, but much about the proposed sequel remains uncertain.
Caledonia in question.
Bella Caledonia
As a second independence referendum beckons, a counterweight to the unionist-leaning press is hugely important to the Yes side.
James Edwards
How to shift those stubborn opinion polls?
‘Well do ya punk?’
Ariel Dovas
Scotland’s numbers look far worse than the UK’s.
What’s it all about, wonders Sandy Grierson.
Mihaela Bodlovic
Anything That Gives Off Light explores Scottishness from three very different perspectives.
That’s no Sturgeon .
Andrew Milligan/PA
The two women at the top of UK politics could be heading for a disagreement.
‘Nice knowing you.’
GrAI
If Holyrood is ultimately answerable to Westminster, Westminster is ultimately answerable to realpolitik.
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Once again, Londoners are calling for the city to become independent: could it really happen?
Aquir
Boris could be about to discover a taste for Scottish nationalism.