Alex Salmond to stand for UK parliament in 2015
The former first minister is expected to announce that he will stand for the Gordon seat held by retiring Lib…
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A new politics? How the old political consensus is melting away
Over the coming months and years, this new politics will shake the British establishment to its foundations. It has many…
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Will Northern Ireland’s culture wars kill power-sharing?
Westminster’s general indifference to what goes on in Northern Ireland is blinding it to the fact that the political process…
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Will Alex Salmond return to Westminster? He would relish such a homecoming
The natural next step for Scotland’s outgoing First Minister would be a return to Westminster.
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Nicola Sturgeon sets out her conditions for an SNP deal with Labour
New party leader says Miliband would have to “rethink” Trident renewal and austerity as she positions herself to Salmond’s left.
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Nicola Sturgeon: “I’m a child of the Thatcher years”
Nicola Sturgeon is a working-class woman in a profession dominated by middle-class men. The incoming SNP leader wants to lead Scotland into…
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So they burned Alex Salmond in my hometown
I grew up in Lewes. I know this town. The Bonfire Parade has always been exactly this problematic. The surprising…
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The Barnett Formula defined one political generation; it may yet define another
A closer look at the controversial financial and cultural legacy of the Barnett Formula, following its creator’s death this week.
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