Throughout the campaign, our Fellows have been analysing the territorial issues and constitutional impact of #GE19
"it is far from certain what impact this would have on the Brexit process, given its wider volatility and unpredictability." @jevershed01 discusses #GE19 in #NorthernIreland & the impactvgreater representation of pro-Remain is likely to have
General elections in #Scotland have always had a distinctive flavour, but the dynamics in #GE19 feel very different. @McEwen_Nicola on #GE19 campaign north of the border.
Has #GE19 been the messiest election ever? @shephard_mark argues yes - we are drowning in a sea of unknowns when it comes to #UK constitutional future.
"Usually an outlier is such because it is wrong - but occasionally it is because it is right" CCC's Richard Parry discusses the media presentation of opinion polls during #GE19
"Despite 2 election night shocks in 2015 & 2017...the assumption that opinion polls are accurate and campaign noise ephemeral still remain as our default"
In the final days of #GE19 Richard Parry analyses recent polls & considers @Conservatives success.
The gap between rich and poor areas in #UK is larger than any other Western European country. @DavidNFBell analyses #GE19 manifesto pledges to reverse the upward trend in regional inequality.
"The next parliament will be faced with major constitutional dilemmas, not just over Brexit but also over a second referendum on Scottish independence" @ja_sheldon analyses the likely outcomes of #GE19 & the impact these may have on #Union@NewStatesman
'Scotland's New Choice' Independence after Brexit' our NEW ebook from 25 leading academics examining what independence would mean for #Scotland after #Brexit and #COVID19
➡ the process of independence
➡ the economics of independence
➡ the implications on politics & society
➡ the international aspects
➡ the view of independence from elsewhere
2/ Michael Keating begins, the internal market is, in many ways, a way of replicating what exists to faciliate the European single market. Two options are available: a single standard or principle of mutual recognition
3/ No internal market covers everything, how do we determine the exceptions? The EU operates under a very broad principle, allowing governments to override for public policy objectives. The UK Bill is much more narrowly defined.
CCC Co-Director Nicola McEwen also discusses the proposals set out in the UK Government's white paper on the internal market and explains how these could have a profound impact on devolution in the UK
As Boris Johnson visits Scotland today, how might he make the case for the Union? CCC Fellows @DaniCetra and @Coree_Brown explored this issue in recent publications