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How to explain to foreigners that, to become an MP in Britain, one has to challenge ...

The SNP got the largest number of votes in the Holyrood election, so why is that ...

With the conviction of Nathan Gill the question is ever more urgent; how deep is Russian ...

Former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro faces 27-year prison sentence. Were the proceedings fairly conducted?

Political trust plummets as inequality soars. Our leaders fail to address either crisis. How do we ...

Festival of Europe lines up top-flight speakers to discuss recent dramatic developments on the world stage ...

Successive Indonesian leaders have undermined the democratic ideals that they professed on coming to power, a ...

Ten years on and Scotland’s “once-in-a-generation” independence referendum still comes up on top for campaigns in ...

’Ronnie Barbour and Stuart Donald discuss how modern PR experiences indicate not just better democratic representation ...

The noise over the new Scottish Hate Crime Act is a cynical general election ploy and ...

The Bill will clamp down on our right to protest. We question the role of parliament ...

The will of the people or the will of the Labour party seems to mean little ...

Seeking truth is the most liberal of ideas

The Electoral Reform Society has begun a new annual lecture series – “The State of Scottish ...

Churchill memorably once said that ‘democracy is the worst form of government’ – except for all ...

The AfD wins a major German state election, marking the far right’s most significant return to ...

In closing his most famous work, Adam Smith reflected on the American colonies. Scots should take ...

As wealth concentrates at the top, economists argue that taxing the super-rich could help tackle inequality, ...

As the Scottish Government grapples with public service reform, where is the voice of the public ...

Keir Starmer’s resignation may mark the end of one political chapter, but the forces that brought ...

Scottish Labour leader abandons Holyrood constituents for a peerage and job in UK Government

As Fair Tax Week 2026 comes to a close, Scotland can lead on tax justice to ...

With an intriguing election result for the Scottish Parliament, what happens next and what opportunities are ...

Wisdom can be found even in old fairytales, but where is it in modern politics?

Britain is facing the return of Thatcherism on stilts under Nigel Farage’s Reform Party

Growing up with an idealised view of Israel, the author now faces a painful moral reckoning ...

Schrödinger’s Scotland – a country too poor to defend itself yet so rich that England would ...

In Scottish Parliament elections, you cast two votes under the Additional Member System for a mix ...

On 7 May 2026, Scotland votes – yet for many, the question is no longer who ...

The Alba Party faces demise due to its ‘dire’ financial situation. Is it a matter for ...

An independent Scotland’s defence force should not be a scaled-down version of the UK’s

I’ve been debating the pros and cons of Scottish nationalism for more years than I can ...

Rarely a day goes by without Reform UK appearing in the news; the war in Iran ...

Now in its third year, Scotland’s Festival of Europe offers something for everyone

A proposed motion to remove the councillor from the convener position had majority backing after Manson's ...

How do democracies produce leaders who act like autocrats? The American version has many loopholes, big ...

Far-right groups protest about asylum accommodation in Aberdeen, claiming to be protecting women, but they regularly ...

The Home Office TikTok deportation videos spark alarm over performative cruelty and rising anti-migrant rhetoric in ...

Stagnant wages, climate breakdown, widening inequality – can mainstream economics offer more than technical tweaks to ...

What relevant role does the monarchy play today, with or without the present scandal?