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Your cut-out-and-keep guide to #indyref night

September 16, 2014January 9, 2015 by Editor

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Want to work out the outcome of the referendum before all of the results are in? Dr. Chris Hanretty shows how the outcome will be predictable from the early declarations. It's 10pm on Thursday 18th September. The polls in the Scottish independence referendum have just closed. You're anxious to know…

After Scotland decides: build citizen-centred democracy throughout Britain

September 15, 2014January 9, 2015 by Editor

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Regardless of the outcome of the Scots vote, we must seize this chance to reimagine the constitutional order of these isles, argues Rupert Read and Rebecca Johnson. On Thursday, Scotland will vote. Suddenly Nigel Farage is all over the news saying the English are getting a raw deal and should…

Scotland: disintegration is not the answer

September 15, 2014January 9, 2015 by Editor

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As the Scottish Independence Referendum looms, Dr. Koutrakou suggests it would be better for Europe to redress the sources of political discontent, than for it to break up into further nation-states. The problem with the Scottish referendum, as with the planned 'in/out of the EU' referendum for the UK in…

Scottish independence: an abbreviated auto-ethnography

June 20, 2014September 14, 2014 by Editor

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In the light of recent celebrity interventions into the Scottish independence question, Dr Alexandria Innes considers her own own position and urges caution against the construction of new barriers. [caption id="attachment_1063" align="alignright" width="300"] JK Rowling donated £1m to the 'Better Together' Campaign in June 2014[/caption] Everyone from David Bowie to…

Jack McConnell: Is Independence the only Stable Future for Scotland?

January 3, 2014September 14, 2014 by Editor

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Jack McConnell spoke on whether independence was the only stable future for Scotland at the University of East Anglia during the Autumn Semester of 2013-4. Jack McConnell, Labour Peer, was First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007. Starting his career as a Mathematics teacher, he became a member of…