Kirsty Hughes (Scottish Centre on European Relations) The Scottish elections resulted in a fifteen seat majority for the Scottish National Party and Scottish Greens – with both parties committed to…
Michael Keating (University of Aberdeen) The results of the Scottish election confirm that Scotland remains divided down the middle on the question of independence. While the Scottish National Party fell…
James Mitchell (University of Edinburgh) Scottish politics manages to be simultaneously stable and turbulent. Last week saw little change after the Holyrood elections. Pro-independence parties gained ground with three more…
Stephen Tierney (Edinburgh Law School) Although the Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party in the Scottish parliamentary elections held on 6 May, it has fallen short of an…