Schrödinger’s country and Schrödinger’s mandate
Scotland was a constitutional oddity for a long time. It was a bit like Schrödinger’s cat – you cannot determine
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The new split in the independence movement
The SNP and the wider independence movement used to be divided into gradualists (who saw devolution as a stepping stone
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We’ll always get told to jump a bit higher
I have been wondering before whether there is such a thing as a Scottish mandate these days, or whether it’s
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The great divergence
Today Boris Johnson’s Brexit Deal Bill passed its second reading by 358 votes to 234, so it’s now almost certain
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Is there such a thing as a Scottish mandate?
Before the creation of the Scottish Parliament, people seemed to agree that a majority of Scottish MPs could decide Scotland’s
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It’s not the uniform swing, stupid!
When I moved to Scotland almost twenty years ago and started watching election night programmes, I was surprised at first
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Stuck in the Brexit mud
For a long time now, British politics has been stuck in the mud. There’s no majority in favour of anything
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