Pro-independence MSPs now make up 57% of the parliament.
- Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research
A large-scale survey has charted social attitudes and views and constitutional preference since Scotland got its own parliament.
The public isn’t enthusiastic about increasing disability benefit spending – but they’re by no means in favour of cuts either.
Voters are now split on social identity. This new division, combined with distrust in established parties, is proving fertile ground for challenger parties.
Now that almost all votes have been counted it’s clear how close this race really was.
Listen to the fifth and final episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics from The Conversation Documentaries podcast.
More people in modern Britain identify as working class than middle class.
The first episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics from The Conversation Documentaries podcast.
More than half of people now support electoral reform.
The latest findings from the British Social Attitudes survey suggest younger voters appear to have little faith that public spending will be directed their way.
Recent polling indicates that the EU question is central in the minds of Scottish independence voters.
Date from Scotland and Northern Ireland shows Remainers are rethinking their place in the UK.
King Charles has inherited the crown at a time when support for the institution of the monarchy has fallen to a new low.
The pandemic has not proved a ‘turning point in history’ - attitudes towards austerity and welfare had changed significantly before the crisis.
Results showing a large number of Leave constituencies now back Remain caused great excitement but don’t necessarily mean major change is on the way.
The pollsters have had another bad year – and it may be because they were so worried about repeating the mistakes of 2015.
The Conservative threat in Scotland is more than just hype.
The polling industry struggled to predict the last British election, and referendums are even harder.
Survey shows voters want change in the EU but that economic uncertainty may well lead them to vote to remain.
New survey information puts paid to ‘shy Tories’ theory.
The man who stayed cool when the exit poll was completely at odds with what every other poll was saying.
In their first TV appearance of the election campaign, both party leaders took tough questions from Jeremy Paxman.
Britain’s first-past-the-post system is often defended on the grounds that it enables voters to choose between alternative governments. Two qualities supposedly give it this character. First, it gives…
May’s general election is widely being viewed as one of the most unpredictable in living memory. Yet there is one prediction that can probably be safely made – the campaign in Scotland will be a very distinct…
Just a few short weeks ago, it looked as though it was clear who was going to win the Scottish independence referendum. Although the polls persistently disagreed with each other as to how far it was behind…
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