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It’s not all about nationalism

For the best part of a decade, Scottish politics was dominated by the issue of independence. However, nationalism is a complex phenomenon. Often, it is about constitutional change and sometimes that involves independence, but it also maps onto other political and social issues in complex ways.
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Workshop - Call for Contributions

Call for Contributions! Making devolution work in an age of multiple crises: comparative lessons from Europe
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Welsh Labour and the Realities of Renewal

Following her election as Welsh Labour leader, Eluned Morgan pledged to spend the summer listening to people across Wales. But, after a period of turmoil and political scandal that saw Vaughan Gething resign as First Minister of Wales after just four months in charge, and with recent polling suggesting the party could be on course for a difficult Senedd election in 2026, will this be enough to help the party “renew in office”?
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Modernisation Without a Gender and Diversity Sensitivity Focus is not Modernisation: An Agenda for the New Modernisation Committee

Modernisation Without a Gender and Diversity Sensitivity Focus is not Modernisation: An Agenda for the New Modernisation Committee
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All Still to Play for in Scotland

For some years after the 2014 independence referendum it seemed that old alignments had been replaced by a new nationalist-unionist cleavage. The results of the 2024 General Election suggest that this may have been a simplification.
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MPs Job-Share: A Practice Worth Trialling

Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs advocate for job-sharing among MPs to make politics more accessible to underrepresented groups, such as women and disabled people. They argue that concerns about representation and accountability can be effectively managed through carefully designed principles and practices.
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Northern Ireland and the 2024 General Election Results

In 2017, Brexit pushed Northern Ireland’s political representation in Westminster to the extremes of the spectrum. Now, Westminster will see a much more diverse range of views from Northern Ireland represented, including from seven new MPs.
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A smart electorate makes its views known

Richard Parry reviews the way that the democratic process worked its way around the electoral system to produce surprising but clear outcomes, ejecting the UK government but not in a position to do the same to the administration in Edinburgh
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Election 2024 analysis: The future for Labour in Wales

After winning an historic landslide at the general election, the Labour Party is in a buoyant mood. However, while Labour was successful in terms of the number of seats won in Wales, digging deeper into the results suggests that the story might not be as rosy for the party.
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How Scotland Voted in the 2024 UK General Election

Following Labour's overwhelming victory in the UK, few anticipated the extent of their success in Scotland. Mark McGeoghegan explores the factors that contributed to redrawing the Scottish electoral map.
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Election 2024 analysis: The UK Union may appear restrengthened — but is it really?

United in their desire to remove Tories from office (apparently using whichever political vehicle necessary), are the people of the UK singing from the same hymn sheet once again?
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Taking stock of the 2024 GLA election: The more things change, the more they stay the same

On the 2nd of May 2024, alongside other regional elections across England and Wales, voters went to the polls to elect the Greater London Authority (GLA) for the seventh time since its creation in 1999 by Tony Blair’s government.

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