thomas

Schrödinger’s country and Schrödinger’s mandate

18/01/2020 thomas 5 Comments

Scotland was a constitutional oddity for a long time. It was a bit like Schrödinger’s cat – you cannot determine

05/01/2020 thomas 9 Comments

The SNP and the wider independence movement used to be divided into gradualists (who saw devolution as a stepping stone

28/12/2019 thomas 1 Comment

I have been wondering before whether there is such a thing as a Scottish mandate these days, or whether it’s

20/12/2019 thomas 1 Comment

Today Boris Johnson’s Brexit Deal Bill passed its second reading by 358 votes to 234, so it’s now almost certain

14/12/2019 thomas 2 Comments

Before the creation of the Scottish Parliament, people seemed to agree that a majority of Scottish MPs could decide Scotland’s

30/10/2019 thomas 2 Comments

When I moved to Scotland almost twenty years ago and started watching election night programmes, I was surprised at first

09/10/2019 thomas 1 Comment

For a long time now, British politics has been stuck in the mud. There’s no majority in favour of anything