#Devolution

The next time Labour win a working majority in a General Election, if ever, it'll have a basically Blairite policy offering—minus most of the identity politics—a persuasive leader, and far
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Often forgotten how Gove opposed the Peace process citing abstract notions against real lives, was never skewered for it by main media; now under cover of epidemic he's getting his
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The UK internal market bill is back in the Commons today. The Lords made *a lot* of amendments and not just on rule of law and Northern Ireland protocol but
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As Boris Johnson sets off on his jaunt to Scotland, he'd hope people forget his catalogue of broken promises. We thought we'd remind him. Their latest attack on workers' rights
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In the 70s, people within the Labour Party were happy to say that devolution would be rife with anti-Englishness and 'English haters'. It's never been about Scotland, nor has it
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Lots of chat today on @KeirStarmer speech on constitutional change and devolution. A few thoughts after some time immersed in the study of the Labour project’s constitutional thinking. With gifs
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Some preliminary thoughts from humble political scientist on #InternalMarketBill. I'll restrict my comments to impact on devolution. In its current form, the Bill suggests a significant recentralisation of power 1/
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My weirdly right wing view that the British state was so bad at government that ceding powers (to the EU or the BoE or whatever) was a good idea looks
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The comments made by the PM last night regarding devolution shld act as a wake-up call to anyone who thinks that the Union is safe under his stewardship. Irrespective of
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Scots finance secretary @KateForbesMSP: ““Despite discussions today, @hmtreasury continue to deny our request that full furlough at 80% be available in Scotland at any point we need it, suggesting that
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ScotTory MP Andew Bowie, "we've been incredibly proud of the devolution settlement, but it needs moar UK". ScotTory MP Andrew Bowie continues the MOAR UK FLEGS theme, sticking them on
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No people of colour speaking at the launch of the independence think tank for Wales. Ble mae'r pobl DALE? Welsh people of colour are Welsh, too, and we also have
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Just audibly LOL'ed at the headline to @ollywainwright's piece on Leeds' latest and forthcoming architectural additions. I shall enjoy reading it and I urge my most Leeds-proud followers to remain
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Scots have been gaslighted into the belief that they're uniquely incompetent, inadequate and irresponsible, theirs being the only country incapable of independence.Scotland will regain independence when we convince a majority
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Boris Johnson is coming to Scotland today to try and salvage some sort of support for the union. It would be a shame if someone was to ruin his visit
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Came across a thread from a locked account (so won’t QT), which makes very good arguments about why people are content with this stunted growth.Would add a few things, which
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