What do the results mean for Labour – and is it the end of two-party politics in the UK?
- Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship and Identity, University of the West of Scotland
Five experts tell us what they will be keeping their eye on during the May elections in England, Scotland and Wales.
The former SNP leader and face of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum has died at the age of 69.
After taking the vast majority of seats in the last two elections, the SNP looks set for major losses.
Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s first minister, has suddenly terminated the Bute House agreement, the pact between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens, which ensured a majority for the Scottish…
What does the future hold for Scottish independence and the SNP after Nicola Sturgeon?
Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for indyref2. An expert explains what’s changed since the last time.
The Scottish Labour leader’s resignation was inevitable. You can’t lose your seat and your entire Scottish beach head and seriously argue to the contrary.
Labour’s Scottish position could not be any more grim. Here are some suggestions for the long road back to contention.
Forget eight years of government, the SNP is anti-establishment.
Alex Salmond’s confirmation that he will contest the general election in 2015 completes what must count as one of the shortest retirements in British political history. While the pro-independence campaign…
After the 2010 UK election, some individuals urged Labour to try to form a rainbow-style coalition with the smaller parties in the House of Commons. According to the maths, several potential groupings…
The figure of Alex Salmond dominated the Scottish independence referendum, much as he has dominated the country’s political landscape for the past seven years. So his resignation following the defeat of…
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