Conversely, SNP politicians use the Brexit narrative to support their Scottish inde pendence agenda. Coverage in The Guardian often highlights statements from SNP leaders that frame Brexit as detrimental to
It's unlikely my career will ever take me back home, but in the case of a Brexit I might look into it, less from necessity than discomfort with what such an outcome says about the values of too many people in this country. The freedom to live and work anywhere in...
Scots who were not convinced of the case for independence opted for the safe course and voted ‘nay’. The same happened in the first Scottish devolution referendum, both polls on Welsh devolution and the EEC and AV referenda. The same pattern can be seen in referendums in France, Ireland,...
as salient (or perhaps more salient) than left/right cleavages. For some time this benefited the SNP (and Scottish Greens in a minor way), by tending to undermine and push together the other four parties that campaigned to keep the union with the UK in 2014. The SNP ...
In June 2018, Switzerland voted on a referendum (known as the Sovereign Money or Vollgeld Initiative) to end the ability of lenders to write loans for more funds than they hold. Fears circulated that if the vote succeeded, it would cause a financial panic or aBrexit-type event. Others fea...
I don’t believe for a minute they can turn this around. Even a change of leader will not prevent the inevitable, it’s too late. Had the government got rid of Theresa May when we said it might have been different, but not now. Keeping her in office has angered so many people, and...
The UK has voted to leave the European Union. On referendum day I surveyed 12,369 people after they had voted to help explain the result – who voted for which outcome, and what lay behind their decision. The demographics The older the voters, the mo
Government have recently outlined plans to allow councils to decide whether they would like to introduce thesingle transferable vote (STV) systemfor their local elections (used in Scottish council elections) in place of first past the post. Labour-controlled councils are unlikely to opt for changes...
They have to stop this Lynn or the Scottish will think they can have both and the EU have already insisted on borders. These borders mean they can no longer have both. a-tracy January 1, 2021 By the way, are we all allowed to be Irish if the Southern Irish are all still British to...
The Gospel of the Kingdom of GodThis free online pdf booklet has answers many questions people have about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and explains why it is the solution to the issues the world is facing. Here are links to three related sermons:The World’s False Gospel,The Gospe...