doi:10.1111/j.1467-923X.1981.tb02797.xBILL*MILLER*JACK*BRAND*MAGGIE*JORDAN*WileyPolitical QuarterlyMiller William et al. 1981. Government without a Mandate: Its Causes and Consequences for the Conservative Party in Scotland. Political Quarterly 52...
Workers involved in a dispute have a right to trypeacefullyto persuade others to support them by picketing, but we believe that right should be limited to those in dispute picketing at their own place of work. In the last few years some of the picketing we have witnessed has gone much too...
But after four years of Labour, the way we govern ourselves has been abused. We have an arrogant and complacent Government which ignores Parliament and people. We have the anomaly of MPs from Scotland and Northern Ireland voting on laws that apply only to England and Wales. The House of Lo...
The atmosphere at TCI was buccaneering and bold; it both led and profited from a controversial banking raid that eventually meant a £45.5 billion public bailout of the Royal Bank of Scotland. (The Treasury and TCI say Sunak was not involved in the deal.) He left when TCI split in ...
Johnson's Conservatives, much like the main opposition Labour Party, have a tough task to win back voters in Scotland, and the British leader is taking steps to try to counter the SNP's message by boosting a special unit in Downing Street. It is as yet unclear whether th...
In a dramatic night, which saw the Scottish Nationalists (SNP) become an effective one-party state in Scotland, Cameron’s Conservative Party gained at the expense of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Opinion polls had predicted more power sharing for Blighty as Conservative and Labour appeared ...
Scotland and North Sea Oil Secondly, the Scottish people must enjoy more of the financial benefits from oil, and they must be given a far greater say over its operation in Scotland. We will, therefore, establish a Scottish Development Fund. This will provide immediate cash help to solve the...
Henry Hill: A resignation reminds us that Scotland deserves an alternative green party The first ever Scottish Green MSP says he will resist any “attempt to needlessly destroy the United Kingdom”. But where is the option for green voters who feel the same? Next ...
nationalist and republican aspirations. Scotland's Unionist Party was independent of the Conservatives until 1965. Similarly the Ulster Unionist Party supported the Conservatives for many decades in the House of Commons and traditionally took the Conservative whip. In contrast to Scotland,...
Conservative Party (redirected fromThe Conservative Party) Thesaurus Encyclopedia n 1.(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) the major right-wing party, which developed from the Tories in the 1830s. It advocates a mixed economy, and encourages property owning and free enterprise. In full...