Indyref One Year On: Rhetoric and Remembering
Reflection on language on the first anniversary of the 2014 Referendum on Scottish Independence.
How the Yes social media strategy helped SNP effect seismic change in Scottish politics
How social media play a role in broadening the conversation during the 2014 independence referendum.
In or out? The European Union in the parties’ manifestos
By Dr Marco Goldoni, Lecturer at the School of Law, University of Glasgow As it was predictable, most of the electoral campaign and the parties’ manifestos have focussed on one EU-related topic: the in/out referendum. This is not to say that other topics were completely absent, but one would have expected a wider debate, for…
Where next for Scotland and the UK?
A talk given by Jim Gallagher, Nuffield College, University of Oxford at the Open University, Edinburgh for a Policy Scotland and URESG Joint Seminar on 22 January 2015 We are equidistant between the independence referendum and the general election, 4 months after one and 4 months before the other. Scotland’s constitutional future is still very much…
Des McNulty – “Gordon Brown’s intervention in No campaign marks a political resurrection”
How Gordon Brown played a hugely significant role in saving the Union.
Latest economic growth and labour market figures for Scotland
Scotland performed better in the latest official releases, with both the economy and employment growing, although unemployment also grew, according to the latest CPPR Briefing Note by John McLaren, Jo Armstrong and Ken Gibb. On an annual basis Scottish GDP has grown by 1.2%, well above the 0.5% seen for the UK. This differential was principally…