Yet, an explosive new era of relations between the Scottish and UK governments did not arrive in tandem with the new era of party incongruence. The aim of this article is to explore these issues by asking two main questions: why were formal mechanisms used so rarely from 1999 to 2007, ...
The UK is divided into 650 areas, known as constituencies, which each elect an MP. It uses the first-past-the-post system, which means the candidate with the most votes in each constituency becomes an MP. For a party to form a majority government, they must win at least 50 p...
6 Floyed had drugs in him at the time which may have contributed to his death. Chavin cannot have known that. In summary, the police had reason to believe that Floyd was simply being difficult and potentially carried a physical threat because of his size. There is also the fact that Floyd...
TheSunday Expressfocuses on a cross-party bid to ban the physical punishment of children in England, which is already illegal in Wales and Scotland. TheSunday Mirrorleads with an exclusive about British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, who has spent more than a decade on death row in Indonesia aft...
Their argument is that the above Act breaches the Equality Act 2010, which was passed by the UK Government, and that the Scottish Government cannot contravene this as equalities law is a reservered matter for Westminster. Take note here; For Women Scotland claim to in favour of Scottish indep...
the idea that autonomist parties shift from 'niche' to 'normal' is too simplistic and that it is more helpful to examine how 'niche' characteristics interact with and affect 'normal' party status. Secondly, appreciating factors such as the 'rules of the game', the party system and the ...
North of the border, the Scottish National Party (SNP) increased its representation in the House of Commons from 6 to 56 seats out of a total possible 59, making the party the third-largest grouping. The move towards nationalism in Scotland is likely to lead to a greater focus on regional...
It does suggest a couple of things about the national picture, though. First and foremost, if I were a Scottish National party MP in Glasgow, I would be feeling very happy this morning. I would feel that this result suggests that I can leverage the difference between the SNP and Labour ...
The Liberal Democrats would also get rid of the Rwanda policy and instead focus on providing safe and legal routes to the UK. Meanwhile Reform UK - formally the Brexit Party and now led by Nigel Farage - want the "small boats crisis" recognised as a national security threat and say they’...
1925: Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru, the National Party of Wales, was formed with the goal of securing, amongst other things, a Welsh-speakingWales. 1934: The Scottish National Party (SNP) was formed, from the merger of the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party. 1950s: The Labour ...