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
Tom Nairn says that the Scottish referendum in 2014 will involve a re-evaluation of the idea of the nation state
Michael Haggett looks back at a week when the Westminster and Scottish governments went head to head over the independence referendum
Michael Haggett says low levels of support for devolution max are due to the paucity of debate in England
Jeff Breslin queries Alex Salmond’s tactics in considering a three-question referendum
Peter Stead examines an account of how the British constitution has clambered out of the footnotes and up the agenda
Gareth Hughes offers some thoughts for the nationalists’ review of what went wrong in the election
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.
Arthur Aughey, Eberhard Bort, and John Osmond question whether the Union has reached its sell-by date
Donny O’Rourke reflects on a new biography of Scotand’s leading poet of the last half century
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