While Ardern’s star was considered to be waning – domestically, at least – ahead of a general election later this year, Sturgeon’s departure has been seen as problematic for the Scottish National Party: her bickering would-be successors lack her political stature and other parties in ...
Her Majesty's Government is watched over by Her Majesty's Opposition, and thus a certain balance of power is maintained. Decisions are made by a majority vote and this, of course, is where the other parties, the Liberals, the National and Regional parties (such as the Scottish or Welsh ...
Results of the 2015 general election in the UK Fast-forward to June of this year, a month after Ed Miliband had resigned as Labour leader after suffering huge losses to the Scottish National Party (clickhereto read more about the SNP) in the 2015 general election. The opinion polls had gre...
It is hard to imagine that such a small country,the size of Indiana with the population of Alaska,tucked in the Himalaya Mountains,accessible only by two airplanes,is the “Happiest Country’’ in the world and has one of the fastest growing GDP’S in the world.This country is Bhutan,“...
(SDLT) on transfers of any UK real estate has been replaced by a devolved tax in Scotland with effect from April 2015 and a similar devolution will take effect in Wales from April 2018. The Scottish and Welsh property transfer tax regimes are similar to...
Most of our time in Glasgow was spent at the Scottish Exhibition Campus (SEC) attending the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention,akaGlasgow 2024: A Worldcon for Our Futures. We rented a small house just across the Clyde from the SEC, so missed out on hotel breakfasts (but we made up ...
your utmost to destroy a given party's reputation and credibility.Scottish Labour learned this in 2007 when, despite general government fire-bombing, sustained predictions of the Ten Plagues of Egypt and a largely hostile press, the SNP pulled out its first win in a Scottish parliament election....
In respect of data, the then UK Labour Government legislated in 2007 to create the UK Statistics Authority as an independent statutory body, operating at arm’s length from government as a non-ministerial department and reporting directly to the UK Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National...
One of the key things on the conference agenda was, of course, the referendum which takes place in six months' time. That decision will be made by the Scottish people, but it will have huge implications for all of us in the UK - especially people in the North East who will have to ...
Partly as a result of this legacy, the city is now home to the Scottish Centre for Comic Studies. The connection is also marked by bronze statues of Desperate Dan and The Beano character Minnie the Minx installed in the city’s High Street in 2001. Designed by Tony Morrow, the Desperate...