Battling for supremacy in Wester Ross
16 Apr 2019
Electoral Commission Blog: Martin, Senior Elections and Campaigners Adviser, tells us about his experience observing a by election in Wester Ross. No, not that one.
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UK ‘will reject Sturgeon’s Indyref2 calls’
1 Mar 2019
BBC News – The UK government is preparing to reject any call from Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for the power to hold another independence referendum, sources have told the BBC.
Read moreScotland needs new institutions to transform our local communities
28 Feb 2019
Electoral Reform Society – Can you remember a time you were talking with someone and the response you got back meant that it was blatantly obvious that they hadn’t understood what you were saying?
Read moreSturgeon 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.
Read moreBrexit: 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.
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