Tag: independence referendum
There’ll always be a Europe
By Russell Bruce
But will there'll always be an England? This song dating from just before WW11 became a...
Journey to indyref2 – plan A to Z
Lindsay Bruce looks at the process to indyref2 and uncovers a 5 year process to bring about about our second independence referendum, rather answering those who have been asking what the SNP government and Scottish Parliament have been doing to deliver independence.
Ruth Davidson acts as Salmond’s spokesperson at FMQs
Salmond's conspiracy clique gains The Baroness as spokesperson to recite David Davis' false claims under Westminster parliamentary privilege. The Scottish parliament does...
Shades of legal grey – Part 4
In the final part of Shades of legal grey Molly Pollock looks at the issues a UK government would face in the event of the will of the people of Scotland being overridden by a political party and government Scotland did not vote for or agree to a dysfunctional and damaging Brexit.
Shades of legal grey Part 3
Molly Pollock in Part 3 notes the impact of Brexit on Scotland's right to hold another independence referendum, alternatives to a section 30 order and implications of Westminster response.
Shades of legal grey – Part 2
Molly Pollock in Part 2 looks at the constitution part of the briefing paper leading to the Edinburgh Agreement and the parts played by both legal and political process, including the vital importance of the SNP majority at the 2011 Holyrood election.
Shades of legal grey – Part 1
Molly Pollock, Newsnet's Research Editor, picks her way through a House of Commons briefing paper that lays out the problematic issues both sides face ahead of the coming Independence referendum. There are multiple shades of legal grey in the complex constitutional structure of the union and how it changes following a successful independence referendum
Earthquakes in the land of fire and ice and Scotland’s political...
By Russell Bruce
A story caught my attention last Friday in the New York Times. For a bit over...
Scotland has a jauntier step
By Molly Pollock
Scotland, read the headline, is the only country to show improvements across any measures of personal well-being. Well, after being battered by...
Opinion polls, referendum timing and the Stockholm syndrome
Commentary by Iain Bruce
It’s difficult to know how many “interesting times” we can inhabit simultaneously but the circumstances of the next referendum takes interesting...