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Both Labour and the Conservatives could do deals with smaller parties to survive in a minority government. Here’s how it works.
Are relations between Scotland and England really as fractious as the Conservatives want us to believe?
Our immigration expert evaluates the manifestos of 16 political parties, to see how their policies on immigration stack up.
The SNP, Plaid Cymru and UKIP are the new faces in the UK election in 2015 but they reflect a wider change.
The SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon says austerity has held the economy back. Is she right?
Not much of the SNP manifesto would make Labour choke, and some rougher areas just got smoother.
The devolved health care in Scotland raises questions on the fairness of the funding for health in the UK.
While the SNP’s manifesto is rather thin on immigration pledges, it does make a proposal to attract more international students – a group Scotland needs badly.
Forget eight years of government, the SNP is anti-establishment.
Nicola Sturgeon faces daily attacks for undermining England. But The Conservatives are hitting new lows with their latest proposal.
People forget that the SNP backed a minority Labour government in 1976-79 and was undermined by a rogue MP contingent. Nicola Sturgeon may soon have to face the same problem.
Welfare policy was a political hot potato in the referendum campaign, and it’s a big weapon for the SNP in 2015 too.
Miliband is resisting, but he may need the SNP. Here’s what could be on Nicola Sturgeon’s wish list.
Smaller party leaders could push for a more generous approach if called upon to support a Labour government.
The SNP are the only major party that is yet to show its manifesto hand. Here’s why it’s probably not worth changing your plans to read it.
Plaid looks left as energy manifesto fuels talk of a Green-SNP alliance.
One of Scottish Labour’s problems is that its most talented politicians prefer to be in Westminster rather than Holyrood. The reverse is true for the Scottish Nationalists. However, there are exceptions…
The SNP won’t hold a second independence referendum until it knows it can win. That is an obvious statement, but it seems to have been missed by the party’s opponents. They should be pushing SNP leader…
The SNP leader stands accused of lying to the electorate about which party she wants to lead the next government. Here’s the problem with the argument.
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