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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...
