Royalty have no place in our society
Everyone from constitutional nerds to young professionals seems to pride themselves on enforcing the democratic process; from the major questions of our generation like Brexit, through to voting on what…
The Vow that can’t be written down
Cameron, Clegg and Miliband's "Vow" to the Scottish people was published a week before the referendum on independence and promised that the Scottish Parliament would be made permanent. Image: Daily…
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Energy revolution & devolution: Does Scotland have the power to clean up its act?
Energy regulation powers have been removed from Holyrood, removing campaigners' ability to tackle concerns in Scotland. Image: Biofuel Watch. Almuth Ernsting is Co-Director of Biofuelwatch who campaign against the negative…
Lord Devo: Robert Smith is a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Lord Smith is overseeing the devolution of more powers to Scotland. Credit: Flickr Comsec. Lord Robert Smith is heading the Scotland Devolution Commission, which is supposed to achieve a cross-party…
Scottish Independence: the no campaign and how to deal with it
It is becoming clear what the strategy of the 'no' to independence campaign will be: confusion. So far, we've had a few opening shots: lines which the UK nationalists presumably…
Yes to an EU referendum
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas today backed a referendum of Britain's membership of the EU. This was apparently such a surprise to the world at large that her name was…
Independence is not the point
The debate around Scottish independence often seems to miss something: there is no such thing as an independent country. Britain, for example, is a member of the EU, the UN,…
Pepper spray update: the law is just for plebs
Slightly as I expected, in asking where the Met's Defence Council authorisation to carry pepper spray or CS was, I was missing something. I assumed it would be an obscure…