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The union can survive its current period of volatility, but moves like English votes for English laws and ruling out a UK coalition with the SNP could yet bring it down.
Twelve months on from the vote on Scottish independence, there are no signs of constitutional healing - nor elsewhere in the UK.
As the Labour Left’s fourth choice of candidate prepares to take the party reins, he may have taken the lead from Scotland’s Yes campaign and ushered in a new age in UK politics.
The Scottish first minister’s speech may have been strong on vision, but there were no signs of innovative thinking on how new Scottish services would be funded at a time of BBC cutbacks.
The landed gentry don’t like the reforms that are in the offing. But that doesn’t mean there’s anything radical about them.
Haggis and Irn Bru have long since been usurped by politics as the greatest Scottish peculiarity. Here’s a bunch of nuggets on that subject that are all too often overlooked.
With wind braced for more cutbacks, government backing of nuclear and fracking will end in tears.
From rail strike threats to new anti-strike legislation, the Tory election success looks set to bring tensions to the boil in the coming weeks and months.
Scottish and English land rules look set to further diverge, but talk of a revolution north of the border is somewhat wide of the mark.
The Conservatives have got it half-right by seeking to repeal the Human Rights Act. Too bad they want to replace it with something almost as unhelpful.
The Bingham report on how to stabilise the UK is well meaning but out of step with the reality of the situation.
Plaid did not fare as well as its Scottish cousin in the general election - and history can tell us why.
The Scottish Labour leader’s resignation was inevitable. You can’t lose your seat and your entire Scottish beach head and seriously argue to the contrary.
It’s obvious why the Smith Commission would never work.
Tens of thousands have signed a petition for the north of England to join Scotland. But deeper cooperation rather than secession is the answer.
The SNP’s big Scottish victory might appear to put full fiscal autonomy right back on the agenda. But here’s why it doesn’t.
Scotland’s pre-eminent historian analyses the road ahead for Scotland and the United Kingdom.
The British Conservative government’s re-election is the latest and perhaps most startling electoral triumph for Australian political strategist Lynton Crosby. So how did he do it?
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…
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