Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’

Jan
29

The political return of Scotland and Wales

Tom Nairn says that the Scottish referendum in 2014 will involve a re-evaluation of the idea of the nation state

Jan
14

Unionists miscalculate in blocking devo-max

Michael Haggett looks back at a week when the Westminster and Scottish governments went head to head over the independence referendum

Nov
09

How well does England understand devolution?

Michael Haggett says low levels of support for devolution max are due to the paucity of debate in England

Oct
22
Aug
28

End of the Imperial romance

Peter Stead examines an account of how the British constitution has clambered out of the footnotes and up the agenda

May
28

Plaid Cymru’s identity problems

Gareth Hughes offers some thoughts for the nationalists’ review of what went wrong in the election

May
26

How do we talk about Scotland?

Anthony Barnett says we need a non-partisan debate that includes all the nations, acknowledges the English question, and exists outside of the Westminster circle.

Feb
23

Unique paths to devolution

Arthur Aughey, Eberhard Bort, and John Osmond question whether the Union has reached its sell-by date

Jan
30

Scotland Special 2: Beyond the last dragon

Donny O’Rourke reflects on a new biography of Scotand’s leading poet of the last half century

Aug
05

Splits that weaken

There is a very real possibility that any campaign against the cuts in Scotland will be undermined by a divided civic sector. New leadership is needed, argues Isobel Lindsay