The Scottish parliament has its biggest ever pro-independence majority.
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Certain types of area across Scotland saw higher rates of votes for Reform UK, data reveals
The leading parties that have dominated British politics for decades are badly wounded, and nationalism is also rising in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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…
The SNP are set to lose a seat in a vote triggered by a COVID scandal. But this is not one of their safer seats at the best of times.
The UK is now the only democracy where the children of formerly colonised people are running the country that colonised their parents’ and grandparents’ nations.
The higher education sector in particular holds great economic potential.
The fallout over the Scottish government’s gender recognition legislation has not happened in isolation.
Boris Johnson is about to leave 10 Downing Street to be replaced by one of two colleagues. His history in the top job is a chequered one.
Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for indyref2. An expert explains what’s changed since the last time.
Why will calling someone a liar get you thrown out of the UK parliamentary debates, but using defamatory language might not?
There’s everything to play for as Scotland counts down to May 6.
Here are five political leaders from around the world who are emerging as significant talents and possible contenders for influence in 2017 and beyond.
Lynton Crosby is the manipulator with the Midas touch, who has a reputation for tapping into those ideas and prejudices that coarsen public life but are seemingly widely held and a ballot-box boon.
With a steady hollowing out of membership, the cosying up to vested interests with pockets deep enough to maintain party, today’s political parties barely “represent”.
Labour, UKIP and the Greens all gained much bigger swings than the Conservatives, but were election losers. The first-past-the-post system let the Tories pick up a swag of seats with a 0.8% swing.
With 63% of the country not voting Tory, the result throws up its own question of legitimacy.
The Conservative Party looks set to do even better than the surprising exit polls predicted, but the real glory in this election lies with the small parties. The SNP have virtually wiped the main parties…
The Murdoch press strategy of supporting the Conservatives in England and the SNP in Scotland reflected a common interest in denying Labour government in the UK election.
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Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship and Identity, University of the West of Scotland
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Research Fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Politics, University of Bristol
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Professor of Communication Studies, Edinboro University
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Professor, School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University
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Professor of Communication and Media Analysis, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Anniversary Professor of Politics, University of York
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Centenary Research Professor, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra; Professor of Political Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Communications, Media and Culture, University of Stirling