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 more24 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 more8 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 more21 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 more16 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…
Read more15 May 2018
Prisoners serving custodial sentences should be given the right to vote, a committee of MSPs has said. A majority of Holyrood’s equalities and human rights committee said the current ban should be lifted. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-44083443
Read more14 May 2018
Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to allow all Scottish prison inmates to vote in the country’s elections by a majority of MSPs on Holyrood’s equalities committee. The committee said allowing prisoners to vote went to the heart of questions about a citizen’s responsibilities and the purpose of prison to rehabilitate offenders. Read more…
Read more18 Apr 2018
Cabinet Office written question – answered on 17th April 2018. Read the question and answer here.
Read more29 Mar 2018
Brexit presents a challenge on many fronts. What will happen to trade? What will happen to the movement of people? What will happen on the island of Ireland? However, there is also a concomitant conundrum with regard to Scottish independence. And that conundrum is already provoking substantial debate, not least among those who voted Yes in […]
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