Politics

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.


Why the electoral system matters – Holyrood election 2026

Author / Creator: John Curtice

Media type: Article

Date published: 2025

How the electoral system determines representation.


Hamilton Again? A By-Election and the Fragmenting Map of Scottish Politics

Author / Creator: Fraser McMillan

Media type: Blog

Date published: 2025

Is this the end of constitutional polarisation?


Reform(s) coming home to bite

Author / Creator: AuthorArianna Giovannini

Media type: Blog

Date published: 2025

Mainstream political parties must deliver the radical reforms the country has long been crying out for, or run the risk to succumb to Reform


What Italy Can Teach about Reform UK’s Rise in Scotland

Author / Creator: Davide Vampa

Media type: Blog

Date published: 2025

Scotland may be on the brink of a political shift.


Home Blog 2025 Making Sense of Turbulent Politics In Multi-Level Europe Making Sense of Turbulent Politics in Multi-Level Europe

Author / Creator: AuthorDavide Vampa

Media type: Blog

Date published: 2025

European politics today is marked less by stability than by turbulence.


Political Change across Britain and Ireland

Author / Creator: Paul Gillespie

Media type: Book

Date published: 2025

Devolution is so much better understood as a living laboratory than a set of competitive league tables.


Boxing clever – a political rematch?

Author / Creator: David Anderson

Media type: Article

Date published: 2025

Unionist tactics have worked; can the SNP box their way out of the corner?


How to defeat fascism and the far-right in Britain and elsewhere

Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan

Media type: Blog

Date published: 2024

The rise of the far right and fascism and raises big questions of why this has happened, how and to what extent mainstream politics has failed, and what can be done in the short and longer-term.


Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope and Labour's Challenge

Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan

Media type: Book

Date published: 2024

Many see Britain as undergoing serious social, economic and cultural decline.