The endless SNP cycle
Jonathon Shafi posted an interesting thread on Twitter today. It’s based on a Scotsman article by Euan McColm (who is
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One virus – two approaches
It would seem that countries are choosing between two fundamentally different approaches when faced with the coronavirus and the Covid-19
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2020 is not 1985 or 1989
When I talk to gradualists within the independence movement, they often seem to take for granted that good things will
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Who will find their way back to Europe first – Scotland or the UK?
In less than an hour’s time, the UK (including, alas, Scotland) will leave the EU. Very little will change for
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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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