Politics
The Case for Scottish Independence: A History of Nationalist Political Thought in Modern Scotland
Author / Creator: Ben Jackson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
The Case for Scottish Independence: A History
of Nationalist Political Tought in Mod-
ern Scotland presents itself as a major
and recent account of the intellectual
development of contemporary Scottish
nationalism.
Swinney’s Government starts as damaged goods
Author / Creator: Dean M Thomson
Media type: Article
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THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT is a reputationally challenged disaster-zone, struggling beneath myriad policy-outcome failures. There is a good reason John Swinney has emerged as SNP leader and new First Minister, unopposed. The leadership crown has become something of a poisoned chalice.
‘Civic’ vs. ‘non-civic’: a comparison of individual-level support for the UK’s pro-Brexit and Scotland’s pro-independence nationalism
Author / Creator: Edwrad Goodger
Media type: Article
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This article challenges the prima facie differences between the Scottish independence and pro-Brexit movements, drawing similarities based on shared promotion of nationalism, incorporation of populism, and policy radicalism challenging consensuses over austerity/immigration.
How did we get here? The SNP’s unravelling political strategy and the 2024 UK General Election.
Author / Creator: Mark McGeoghegan
Media type: Article
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For the first time in eight years, Scotland will have an election that is not first and foremost about Scottish secession from the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, understanding the dynamics of the constitutional debate in Scotland, and particularly the SNP’s failure to secure a second secessionist referendum and the disarming of the SNP’s most powerful electoral narratives, remains crucial for understanding how we came to this place in Scottish politics.
Can the SNP win on July 4?
Author / Creator: Kirsty Hughes
Media type: Article
Date published:
Just days before Rishi Sunak’s bizarrely soggy general election call, the latest YouGov poll gave Labour a lead of 39% to just 29% for the SNP. That would decimate the SNP at Westminster and let Keir Starmer claim to speak for Britain (if not the whole UK).
The Three Phases of Decolonisation : Lessons for Scotland
Author / Creator: Alf Baird
Media type: Article
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Self-determination is the process by which colonized and hence oppressed peoples become independent.
FFS explains: Political polling as 2024 begins
Author / Creator: Ferret journalists
Media type: Article
Date published:
It is the start of a significant year in Scottish politics, with voters likely to go to the polls in the first UK general election since 2019.
While polling currently puts the Labour Party ahead of the Conservatives UK-wide by a significant margin, in Scotland, the SNP’s decade-long lead among voters is coming under threat.
The party is also facing internal struggles over its path to securing independence, with polling suggesting the public is still split in its support for Scotland leaving the UK.
The SNP may be laid low but the call of Scottish independence is loud and clear
Author / Creator: Neal Ascherson
Media type: Article
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Polls saying the nationalist cause is no priority among voters are misleading. The aspiration to once again be a sovereign European state has only been strengthened by devolution
Spring
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
SPRING. The project has been a long time in the curating and draws on radical and utopian ideas from around Europe and further afield. The idea is the brainchild of Pat Kane and Indra Adnan
Nationalism & the Far Right
Author / Creator: Nationalism & the Far Right
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2023
The far right in the context of nationalism.
Part 1: The Starmer Project
Author / Creator: Jonathon Shafi
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Analysing the meaning and mission of the Labour leadership
A major opportunity for Labour?
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
What is the position of the Scottish Labour Party in electoral opportunity?
Scottish elections: young people more likely to vote if they started at 16
Author / Creator: Jan Eichhorn
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
"[ in 2014] Newly enfranchised young people voted in greater numbers than slightly older peers. Social class differences in voting habits were much less pronounced among 16- and 17-year-olds in Scotland"
Political inequality
Author / Creator: B Ansell
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Political and economic inequalities are related.
The methods of Russian interference in Scottish politics
Author / Creator: George Allison
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
One of the key methods used by Russia to interfere in Scottish politics is through cyber-attacks.
Lobbying in Scotland
Author / Creator: Grant Thoms
Media type: Video
Date published: 2022
The use of lobbying in the independence campaign
Electoral reform consultation
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Consultation paper
Date published: 2022
Possible improvements to electoral law are set out including candidacy, voting, and electoral administration.
Opinion polling for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election
Author / Creator: Wikipedia
Media type: Statistics
Date published: 2022
Polling and results for and of the 2021 Scottish Government election.
Can Brown save UK democracy?
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
Review of Gordon Brown's political views from radical left to elder statesman.
Short Life Working Group on Facilitating Peaceful Assemblies: report
Author / Creator: Dominic Bryan
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Application of human rights is at the core of maintaining peaceful assemblies.