After monumental successes in the 2017 general election, the Scottish Conservative leader could be a real threat to Theresa May. Then again…
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Move over Westminster – political watchers may need to keep an eye on the Irwell rather than the Thames.
Holyrood won’t get a veto, but the Supreme Court has done the union no favours.
A parliamentary committee says all MPs and peers should clear out of the national parliament so that major repairs can take place. But it’s not just the building that needs attention.
When Attorney-General George Brandis was asked on Q&A about a parliamentary vote on the decision to go to war, he said that was not part of the Westminster tradition. Is that right?
The two women at the top of UK politics could be heading for a disagreement.
England and Scotland see Europe differently and the EU question could hasten the end of the Union.
More and more countries are shining lights on lobbyists’ efforts to shape policy. For all the hope of a new politics after the Scottish indyref, the SNP government is offering a limp biscuit.
Jeremy Corbyn wants UK politics to be less theatrical – but the Palace of Westminster is the perfect stage for confrontation.
If Westminster and Holyrood don’t do the right deal over the Scotland Bill, here’s why they will be storing up more trouble for the future.
In threatening to derail a vote on fox hunting in England, the SNP has undermined its credibility as a voice for Scotland.
There is no avoiding it – the UK’s electoral process is well past its sell-by date. In 2010 the first-past-the-post system failed to deliver a single-party majority government and it is very unlikely to…
Holyrood is far better at female representation than Westminster. Here are some reasons for the difference.
Five years ago the prime minister was elected on promises that he would clean up lobbying. The result is a big disappointment.
It may not have been the best investigative journalism, but just because they are easy targets doesn’t mean it’s a pointless exercise.
While the UK braces itself for a political earthquake in Scotland in May that could well determine whether Labour or the Conservatives form the next government, a curious paradox surrounds the man at the…
Gordon Brown will retire from the Commons viewed on the one hand as a giant of Scottish Labour who spent 13 years at the pinnacle of frontline UK politics as chancellor and prime minister: the son of the…
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