Holyrood

I don’t like the Scottish electoral system

02/05/201602/05/2016 thomas 6 Comments

Germany and New Zealand use electoral systems that are very similar to the one used for Holyrood elections in Scotland,

24/04/2016 thomas 4 Comments

The current infighting amongst independence supporters is frankly driving me doolally. I completely understand that very few Unionist voters can

03/03/201603/03/2016 thomas 5 Comments

I completely understand why the SNP’s proposal for reforming council tax in the next parliament are so timid and unambitious.

31/01/2016 thomas 7 Comments

Some of the infighting amongst the Yes parties sometimes reminds of the Danish proverb “Frænde er frænde værst”. Literally it

15/01/2016 thomas 60 Comments

In a blog post I wrote last October, I bemoaned the lack of polling data for the Holyrood regions: What

10/11/2015 thomas 6 Comments

Lots of people have been writing about how the new powers for Holyrood effectively constitute a fiscal trap. As Alistair

14/10/2015 thomas 12 Comments

As one of the few people who actually predicted the SNP could win 56 Westminster seats six months before it