Monday, 29 September 2014

Ukip face the SDP's old problem: momentum

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For any modern or contemporary historian, the United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip) irresistibly brings to mind the Social Democrats ...
Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Does Labour's 'Ed problem' really matter?

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Turning away from the epochal and era-defining issue of Scottish independence for a moment, normal politics is struggling to make itself ...
Sunday, 21 September 2014

Five takeaways from Scotland's independence referendum

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Well, that wasn't close. We thought it would be, but it wasn't. The 'yes' camp in the Scottish independence referendum to...
Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Reasons to oppose Scottish independence, #10: the ties that bind us

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We've spent the last couple of weeks trying to demolish the analytical, statistical and intellectual case for Scottish independence -...
Monday, 15 September 2014

Reasons to oppose Scottish independence, #9: currency craziness

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The ninth and perhaps most important reason why 'Public Policy and the Past' would hope for a 'no' vote in Scotland's...
Saturday, 13 September 2014

Reasons to oppose Scottish independence, #8: Scotland's fiscal balance

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Right, now we're getting onto the biggies in the debate over Scottish independence. The first of the really, really (really) big reas...
Friday, 12 September 2014

Reasons to oppose Scottish independence, #7: 'yes' can't have its cake and eat it

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The Scottish independence referendum remains very tight in terms of its final result, and it almost certainly will do now right up until...