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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK needs a Convention for a renewed federal union: an argument from WalesWelsh Assembly Member David Melding argues that ‘Little Britain’, as a truncated union of England and Wales, would...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Death of Positive Unionism: 10 reasons why there will be a single Scots referendum voteTo hold two referendums on Scottish independence would be without grounding or precedent, and dangerous for politics...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhere is the positive Scottish nationalism?The Scottish First Minister is claiming that the independence of the country's legal system is under threat, while...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFestival of Britain 2011: microcosm of a troubled UnionAs Scotland faces the prospect of a vote on independence, the Festival of Britain 2011 is underway in central...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEngland needs an independence conversationThe English no longer know who they are. The Scottish do. Labour must learn from the Scots in rediscovering an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe BBC's silence on Scotland and the politics of Little BritainThe SNP majority win in Scotland is of momentous importance to the United Kingdom. Yet the BBC's post-election...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKConflicting fantasies of Scottish independence - and building a realityScottish independence has long been a political fantasy. Before the elections, the SNP allowed for conflicting...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow do we talk about Scotland?How should we talk about Scotland and the coming referendum on independence? A non-partisan debate is needed that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat next for Britain's purple people?
Those who campaigned for a 'Yes' vote in the recent referendum have lost a battle but the larger cause of democracy...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLosing the AV referendum: a personal view from the Conservative Yes Campaign
The Chairman of the Conservative Yes Campaign describes how his party was sidelined from what was intended to be an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAfter AV - a debate on what next
A Lib Dem and an OK Co-Editor strike different notes as they respond to the ruins of Britain's AV referendum campaign
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe emotions of Britishness and being English, a response to David MitchellDavid Mitchell has said that the prospect of Scottish independence makes him worried about his British national...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA Beginner’s Guide to Scottish Independence and BritainMany in England don't understand the country they live in let alone Scotland. Here is a helping hand.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScotland's opportunity is about more than 'independence'Something profound and genuinely radical is taking place in Scotland.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTo protect the Union, England and the centre-left must start fighting nowFollowing the SNP's unexpected triumph, full or fiscal independence for Scotland are suddenly real possibilities....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Northern Ireland Assembly elections revealed the failures of devolution
The big story of the Northern Ireland Assembly elections was not the re-instating of the DUP and Sinn Fein, but the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScotland's perfect storm: a long-term SNP supporter reflects on Salmond's triumphIt's been a long journey since 1970, when the SNP gained its first MP in a general election, to the 5th of May,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKKnow your enemy – never underestimate the Tories
Last Thursday's election revealed the power of the traditional British establishment. The lessons of history show...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe SNP won through faith in a Scottish future; now they must make it realThe debate in England over Scottish independence misses the point. It was the SNP's ambition and positivity, not the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe AV vote was a fiasco. But then, UK referendums are undemocratic
Much of the blame for the No to AV vote lays with Nick Clegg, Compass and the Electoral Reform Society. But we must...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
