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A Broken Link? Support for Independence and the SNP

Author / Creator: John Curtice

Media type: Article

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One of the key developments in Scottish electoral politics over the last decade has been a strengthening of the relationship between constitutional preference and party choice.


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.


Navigating the Scottish Political Landscape: An Analysis of BBC Scotland in the Independence Era

Author / Creator: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-923X.13362

Media type: Article

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This essay examines the complex relationship between the BBC and Scotland's evolving political landscape, shedding light on the challenges faced by the broadcaster since the inception of devolution in 1999 and particularly the 2014 independence referendum.


Preparing for the end

Author / Creator: Peter A Bell

Media type: Article

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That the people of Scotland are sovereign is both a constitional fact and an inviolable principle


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.


How devolution shaped modern Scotland: referendums, SNP dominance and a changed UK

Author / Creator: Adam Le Grice

Media type: Article

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The years that followed the SNP victory in the Scottish Parliament saw a radical change in the political landscape of Scotland and 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


Secrecy and Green Freeports PREPARE TO BE SHOCKED

Author / Creator: Alex Thorburn

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2024

The Westminster / Holyrood partnership to introduce “Green Freeports” to Scotland is a complete betrayal of the people of Scotland.


Yes Scotland

Author / Creator: Scottish National Party

Media type: Website

Date published: 2023 -

The SNP have launched a revamped Yes Scotland website with the aim of “empowering” Scottish independence activists.


First Ministers and political leadership: Part 2

Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

Scottish politics, the parliament, the nature of government and the role of First Minister changed when the SNP inched past the Labour Party in May 2007 and formed its first ever administration.


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?


The Crisis of the Story of Nationalist Scotland: Six Suggestions for a Different Politics of Independence

Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2023

The SNP's feet of clay have been revealed.  What now?


A fork in the road

Author / Creator: Jonathon Shafi

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2023

Misplaced loyalty is coming back to bite the independence movement