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Scotland, Britain, Europe: parallels with Eighteenth-Century political debate [PDF]
, 2018 This article focuses on the controversial eighteenth-century Whig politician, John Wilkes (1725-97), his journalism and his reception in the Scottish periodical press, while considering parallels with current debates on Brexit and Scottish independence ...
Brown, Rhona
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Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 26-36, January/March 2025.Abstract The 2024 general election delivered a verdict on an unpopular Conservative government, a valence election where the key motivation was to remove a government seen as failing. But this is not a full account of the voting choices of the British public.
Paula Surridge
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The Scottish Referendum 2014: the Political Process Before and After the “No” Vote’ [PDF]
Janus.net, 2015 On 18 September 2014, Scottish voters narrowly rejected political independence, losing 44.7% to 55.3%. Yet during more than 16 weeks, two opposing campaigns – Yes Scotland versus Better Together – strove to convince Scotland that political independence ...
Sandrina Ferreira Antunes
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Twenty Years of Devolution in Scotland: the End of a British Party System?
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2019 The geographical divides that characterised the outcome of the June 2016 European referendum, with a Remain majority in Scotland and Northern Ireland and a Leave majority in England and in Wales, are symptomatic of the increasingly divergent electoral ...
Fiona Simpkins
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Surveying migration policy and practice in the independence referendum and beyond [PDF]
, 2015 The Scottish Government’s approach to immigration issues was portrayed during the independence referendum debate as valuing the contribution of migrants in a way which contrasted with the anti-migrant approach of the UK Government.1 The question of ...
Craig, Sarah
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Quality of Scottish democracy [PDF]
, 2016 The founders of Scottish devolution intended to create a ‘new politics’ that would be less adversarial than British politics. Some of their aspirations resonate with the basic themes of freedom, equality and democratic control in the quality of democracy
Lundberg, Thomas
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The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 37-64, January/March 2025.Abstract The Labour Party doubled its seats in the 2024 UK general election, winning a landslide majority with only a 1.6 point increase in its UK vote share and an historically low vote share for a winning party at just under 34 per cent. This article provides new evidence for three constituency‐level explanations for this outcome in the context of ...
Marta Miori, Jane Green
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The argument in support of Scottish independence
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2014 In this contribution to the debate I trace distinctive strands in a Scottish approach to social welfare. I make a case that manifestations of a Scottish approach are, however, susceptible to the vagaries of political decisions and directions emanating ...
Mark Smith
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The EU referendum and legislation on ‘English votes for English laws’ will be crucial for Scotland’s future in the Union [PDF]
, 2015 The crucial factor in any future move towards Scottish independence is not the will of the Scottish electorate, which clearly rejected independence in last year’s referendum, but the will of the English electorate, writes Elliott ...
Green, Elliott
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Newly Enfranchised Voters:Political Attitudes of Under 18-Year Olds in the Context of the Referendum on Scotland’s Constitutional Future [PDF]
, 2014 This paper summarises results from the only representative and comprehensive survey of Scots under the age of 18 who will be enfranchised to vote in the referendum in September 2014 following the lowering of the voting age to 16.
Eichhorn, Jan
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