11 Nov 2020
BBC News – Only a couple of days ago, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said that there was no way the UK government would permit another referendum that would give Scottish voters the chance to leave the UK
Read more5 May 2020
Electoral Reform Society – It is now 13 years since Scotland abandoned First Past the Post for local government elections and adopted the Single Transferrable Vote form of proportional representation.
Read more26 Nov 2019
Democratic Audit UK: Ahead of the Westminster election on 12 December, James Mitchell explains how party competition in Scotland is shaped by interrelated questions of policy, competence, independence and Brexit, which for short-term tactical reasons places the Tories and SNP in direct competition, and squeezes Labour and the Lib Dems, while most likely leaving longer term issues […]
Read more31 Oct 2019
BBC News – Scotland’s councils are facing up to the first winter general election for 45 years.
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