Sturgeon to set out indyref2 plans even if Brexit extended
21 Jan 2019
BBC News – Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to set out her plans for a second independence referendum “in the coming weeks” even if the Brexit deadline is extended.
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Brexit: Nicola Sturgeon says another EU referendum ‘only credible option’
16 Jan 2019
BBC News – Scotland’s first minister has said another referendum on Brexit is now the “only credible option” after MPs rejected Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
Read moreLocal government in Scotland is top-down and distant – but we can change that
3 Jan 2019
Electoral Reform Society: If there was once a connection between elected councillors in Scotland and the communities they supposedly represent, this has long since fallen away.
Read moreParties ‘should form popular front to force Brexit vote’
29 Oct 2018
BBC News: Scottish political parties should form a “popular front” to force a fresh Brexit vote, a Labour peer has said.
Read moreNicola Sturgeon: Scotland could ‘reaffirm its vote to remain in the EU’
8 Oct 2018
BBC News: First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said her party’s MPs would back a second EU referendum to allow the people of Scotland to “reaffirm its vote to remain in the EU”.
Read moreScotland shows that votes at 16 works
24 Aug 2018
Electoral Reform Society: Arguments for and against votes at 16 are often highly subjective. For some time there has been a suspicion that 16– and 17–year–olds are too young to be trusted to vote sensibly – or indeed that they are not interested in securing the vote.
Read moreSturgeon likely to delay decision on second independence vote
8 Aug 2018
The Guardian: Nicola Sturgeon has signalled she is unlikely to be able to make a decision on an independence referendum this autumn because of the uncertainties and confusion around Brexit.
Read moreCase for prisoner voting becoming irresistible
21 May 2018
Responding to the First Minister’s comments on prisoner voting, Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton, who sits on the Equalities & Human Rights Committee, said: “There were indications from the First Minister today that the Scottish Government is considering giving some prisoners the vote, we need to know what exactly she has in mind. The prisoner voting […]
Read moreAngus councillor warns voting machines a “disaster waiting to happen”
16 May 2018
Councillor Braden Davy, the Conservative member for Forfar and District, dismissed the suggestion of replacing the “tried and trusted” way of voting with an electronic ballot as “costly voting gimmicks” when he addressed members of the local authority’s policy and resource committee in Forfar. Read more…
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