Politics
How do we defeat the rise of extreme right in Scotland and Britain?
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
The reactionary ratchet effect pulling British politics rightward
The Outrage Economy
Author / Creator: George Gunn
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Ten years after Brexit, everybody is angry.
BlackCore and Israel’s War On Reality
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Israeli company BlackCore has been uncovered interfering with elections in Scotland, France and New York.
A history lesson for the new Scottish Parliament
Author / Creator: Isobel Lindsay
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2026
The first priority is to get out of the Holyrood bubble when it comes to policy development and away from orthodox establishment thinking.
There’s nothing in the Union for Scotland
Author / Creator: George Monbiot
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
“I can't see what you gain now from continuing to be part of this mess,” George Monbiot
Scottish elections showed a problem with the list vote.
Author / Creator: Gregor Gall
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2026
Can we fix it?
Scottish Election Analysis 2026
Author / Creator: Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
The Campaign, Voters and Policies
The Twilight of the British State: Alex Salmond, Scottish Independence and the European Question
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2011
The interconnection of two issues: Scottish independence and Euroscepticism.
Scottish Politics and the Twilight of the British State, Part one
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Scotland is different but not completely different, reflecting our existence as a nation and 300-year union.
What should the SNP do now to progress independence?
Author / Creator: Tommy Sheppard
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
If your principal concern was the integrity of the Union, what would you want the SNP to do now? Then don't do it!
Common Ground
Author / Creator: Mike Smallb
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
There is no common ground witth Reform UK
Reform in Scotland: A New Force or a False Dawn?
Author / Creator: Charlie Ellis
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Is the Scottish body politic really different from England's?
Have the election results reignited the Scottish independence debate?
Author / Creator: London Broadcasting Comany
Media type: Video
Date published: 2026
Is indepenedence on the agenda again?
Setting the scene: Scotland on the eve of the 2026 Election
Author / Creator: João Sousa
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
The report lays out the context in which all parties will need to present their proposals. On top of the budget numbers, we have looked in detail at critical sectors and areas of expenditure.
NHS, bills and immigration: One constituency's election talking points
Author / Creator: Lorna Gordon
Media type: Web page
Date published:
The BBC visited the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency in Scotland to find out what
issues matter most to voters ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections. The main concerns
identified were the National Health Service, rising living costs, and immigration policy. With only six
weeks until the election, this will be a significantly different parliament as one-third of current
Members of the Scottish Parliament are not seeking re-election. The report aims to understand what
ordinary voters are thinking about as they prepare to cast their ballots.
Setting the scene: Scotland on the eve of the 2026 Election
Author / Creator: João Sousa
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
Analysis of public finance issues for the 2026 election.
Scotland The Growing Divide; Old Nation, New Ideas
Author / Creator: Henry McLeish
Media type: Book
Date published: 2012
The changing face of politics and what that means for both Scotland and the UK
The Politics of Imperial Nostalgia
Author / Creator: Christopher Claassen
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Right-wing opposition to criticism of the imperial past is stronger than left-wing support.
Study shows views of British empire shape voting behaviour – but in subtle ways
Author / Creator: Christopher Claassen
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Imperial nostalgia connects quite significantly with partisan politics.
How to Defeat the Far Right and Fascism in Scotland, the UK and West
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
The myth of British exceptionalism has collapsed in relation to the far right and fascism. Now in Scotland and rest of the UK it is time to wake-up.