Coronavirus may be delaying Alex Salmond's reckoning, but both the Scottish government and the SNP as a party have some difficult times ahead.
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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.
With Labour in danger of coming fourth in Scotland, they could have done without fresh independence trouble.
It is still not easy to reach firm conclusions about Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence.
Charismatic Ruth Davidson broke the mould of the traditional Tory MP to reach parts of the electorate others couldn't. So how do the Scottish Conservatives fill the vacuum she leaves?
The ruling party took three of six seats in the European Parliament.
Does an "European culture" or a "European identity" actually exist?
You may think that your milk-drinking, ice cream-licking days are behind you as you battle the discomfort of lactose intolerance. But there maybe be a way to reverse the situation.
Scotland is in the late stages of deciding whether to become the first country in UK to outlaw all corporal punishment against children.
Westminster has consistently disregarded the concerns of the devolved administrations over Brexit.
As the Brexit clock ticks down and the Alex Salmond crisis grows, the stakes have never been higher for his SNP successor.
With Brexit mired in doubt, it could be said the stars are aligning for Scottish independence. But now it looks like the SNP could self-combust after the government's humiliating court defeat.
Forecasts of designer babies followed the announcement of the gene-edited twins, just as they have for any reproductive technology since 1978. This signals the public must learn more about genetics.
Brexit has shown the constitutional arrangements around devolution for what they are.
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling
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Lecturer in Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Lecturer in Politics, University of Aberdeen
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Chair in Scottish Politics, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of the West of Scotland
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer, Politics, University of Stirling
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Professor of Politics, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde
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Professor Emeritus of Communications, University of Stirling
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Lecturer, Sociology, Glasgow University, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Economics, University of Stirling
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Head of Politics, University of Liverpool
