Devolution

Welfare, equality and social justice: Scottish independence and the dominant imaginings of the ‘New’ Scotland

Author / Creator: Gill Scott

Date published: 2016

This paper focuses on the extent to which issues of equality, social justice and social welfare have been mobilised in the most prominent imaginings of an independent Scotland.


Scotland Can

Author / Creator: We Can

Media type: Website

Date published: 2024 -

If Scotland wants to carry out radical land reform, build a new health system, change the school starting age, create new welfare benefits, or get working on dozens of other issues, then there is nothing to stop us.


Devolution and the Labour Myth

Author / Creator: James Wilkie

Media type: Article

Date published: 2012

Establishment hostility [to devolution] reached its sordid peak with the orgy of corruption that was the 1979 referendum.


Three reasons why Scotland needs independence more than ever

Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2023

1. The UK is not prepared to reform the Union to accommodate real Home Rule for Scotland

2. Scotland’s energy potential is being squandered – again

3. Brexit is decimating the Scottish economy


A Better Relationship: A Fresh Agenda For Scotland’s New First Minister

Author / Creator: Jamie Gollings

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2023

A devolutionist view of Issues for the First Minister


A New Britain: Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy

Author / Creator: Commission for the UK’s Future

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

The Labour Party's Commission for the UK’s Future has little more than additional consultation on some matters.


A crisis of democracy and public life

Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

"We are living through yet another constitutional showdown between the Scottish and UK Governments.... The immediate issue is the Gender Recognition Reform Bill "


What is a Section 35, and how does it affect Scotland’s gender recognition law

Author / Creator: The Ferret

Media type: report

Date published: 2022

An explanation of Section 35 and its implications for devolution.


Some constitutional cogitations from Cardiff

Author / Creator: Ciaran Martin

Media type: Lecture

Date published: 2022

Reform of the UK in the light of Anglo-centric British nationalism.


Strategy and the Sociopaths

Author / Creator: George Gunn

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2022

"Scottish independence is not a romantic notion. It is a necessary social, cultural, economic and political reality."


Can muscular unionism save the Union?

Author / Creator: Iain McLean

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

The phrase ‘muscular unionism’ is new but the concept is not.


Renewing democracy through independence

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

People who live in Scotland have the right to choose how they should be governed 


Further Devolution Won’t Fix Scotland’s Democratic Malaise

Author / Creator: David Jamieson

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2022

further devolution is not a meaningful response to Scotland’s democratic impasse.


Issues of Sovereignty: Redefining Politics in Scotland

Author / Creator: David McCrone

Media type: Article

Date published: 2021

The issue of sovereignty has never been resolved in Scotland. The 1998 Scotland Act, creating the Scottish Parliament affirmed that the Westminster Parliament is sovereign, but this is disputed. 


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. 


Sleeping with an Elephant: Devolution and the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020

Author / Creator: Nicola McEwen

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

The constitutional fall-out from Brexit has been dramatic and wide-ranging. The impact of withdrawal on devolution and the territorial constitutionis examined.


Constitutional reform: Controversy or Consensus on how the UK should be governed

Author / Creator: John Curtice

Media type: Opinion poll

Date published: 2022

A majority of people want electoral reform, and Scottish independence. Increasing support is being shown for Irish reunification and for changing the UK constitution.


The Smith Commission Report - Overview

Author / Creator: Scottish Parliament Information Centre

Media type: Report

Date published: 2015

Smith Commission report is analysed by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.


CAMPBELL II The second report of the Home Rule and Community Rule Commission

Author / Creator: Scottish Liberal Democrats

Media type: Report

Date published: 2014

The 2014 Scottish Liberal Democrats proposal for a Federal UK


Scotland in the United Kingdom: An enduring settlement

Author / Creator: UK Government

Media type: Report

Date published: 2015

The UK Government response to the Smith Commission