Rather than becoming an independent coastal state and being able to form its own fisheries policy, the UK’s fishing industry remains beholden to EU rules.
- Lecturer in Politics, University of Aberdeen
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With Labour closing in on the Conservatives in the polls, we discuss the likely outcome of the UK general election 2017.
The Scottish nationalists’ election pitch is about damage limitation, not a radical sell.
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, has indicated that the country will again seek independence – this time against the backdrop of Brexit.
How to shift those stubborn opinion polls?
You might think those seeking Scottish independence just got exactly what they wanted. It’s not quite that simple.
New surveys show the overwhelming antipathy for the EU among UK fishermen.
The new normal for Nicola – minority rule once more.
The left-wing firebrand might be packing out venues in Scotland as much as England, but he’s got some thinking to do.
Regardless of what Corbyn would mean for England, at least he’d win back Scotland for Labour, right? Not according to this new analysis.
With so many new SNP MPs heading for Westminster, many of them are very different to the politicians that we are used to.
Experts provide a rolling response, live as the results come in for the 2015 general election.
Our experts pick apart the SNP’s top policies.
People forget that the SNP backed a minority Labour government in 1976-79 and was undermined by a rogue MP contingent. Nicola Sturgeon may soon have to face the same problem.
Welfare policy was a political hot potato in the referendum campaign, and it’s a big weapon for the SNP in 2015 too.
Lord Ashcroft’s latest poll puts the SNP on course for a victory that will echo what happened in the 2011 Scottish election. Here’s why it’s too early for Nicola Sturgeon to get complacent.
The Green party recently reported a surge in membership, with 2000 new members in 24 hours. Now, the Scottish, English and Welsh, and Northern Irish Greens have accumulated almost 44,000 members between…
Rumours have been swirling for about a month now that Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont was facing an internal challenge. So in one sense, the news of her resignation is not a surprise. But despite…
The polls in the Scottish independence referendum indicate that the Yes and No votes have narrowed to such an extent that it is now impossible to predict with any certainty what the outcome will be. Indeed…
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