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The inherent volatility of devolution

18/03/201418/03/2014 thomas 3 Comments

Pre-1999, the creation of a devolved Scottish Parliament seemed like a great idea. Scotland hadn’t had a way to express

17/03/201416/05/2014 thomas 7 Comments

It seems to have become a popular Unionist pastime to devise schemes for slight changes to the devolution settlement, thinking

15/03/201414/03/2017 thomas 12 Comments

In the past months, foreign visits have taken up a lot of my spare time. A couple of weeks ago,

10/03/201410/03/2014 thomas 8 Comments

We see many headlines at the moment proclaiming that more powers for the Scottish Parliament are inevitable after a No

05/03/201405/03/2014 thomas 30 Comments

The Scottish Government suggested in the White Paper that a year and half would be sufficient to conclude the independence

04/03/2014 thomas 3 Comments

According to the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey (PDF), 32% of Scots agree that “the UK government should make decisions about

22/02/201422/02/2014 thomas 1 Comment

Today’s scare story (do they coordinate them to ensure there’s at least one every day, I wonder?) comes from the

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