UK Government
Scottish independence referendum: role of the Supreme Court
Author / Creator: David Torrance
Media type: Article
Date published:
Yesterday (28 June 2022) Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, set out a “route map” to holding a second referendum on the question of Scottish independence.
This Insight looks at what the Scottish Government is proposing and related legal issues.
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).
5 Things You Need to Know About Labour’s Latest Vow on Constitutional Reform
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2022
"Dishonest, vague, lacks solid commitment, and continues the Brexit power grab."
Has the European Union empowered the regions? A pre- and post-Brexit preliminary investigation of the United Kingdom
Author / Creator: Giada Laganà
Media type: Article
Date published: 2021
EU has empowered, as well as disempowered, regions and sub-national governments.
Secondly, ... regions have adapted to the EU opportunity structure.
Finally, ... regions and sub-national governments have also influenced the EU opportunity structure.
Corruption: the Price of Dependency
Author / Creator: Bottom Line
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
The UK has no overarching anti-corruption authority with sufficient resources to act to prevent corruption and track down the corrupt and criminal.
Act of Union 1707; contemporary context
Author / Creator: UK Parliament
Media type: Article
Date published:
From the Act of Union to the Scotland Act, the United Kingdom in the twenty-first century and beyond. A UK Parliament view of the Act of Union.
Past the Point of no Return: Scotland, Brexit and Independence
Author / Creator: Klaus Stolz
Media type: Article
Date published: 2020
Brexit is a possible catalyst for the disintegration of Great Britain.