Prof of Territorial Politics, @EdinburghUni, Co-Director @CCC_Research. Senior Fellow @ukandeu. Retweets etc probably just my way of finding stuff later
Dec 21, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Okay. So having read Starmer's speech, I am none the wiser about Labour's devolution policy, other than to set up (another) commission to come up with a policy. I have some questions...1/7 labour.org.uk/?p=47919 via @uklabour2/7 How will the Commission operate? What is the balance between Labour Party interests & the public voice? What is scope for citizen-led deliberation? And what happens if/when different parts of UK want different outcomes?
Sep 9, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
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/ @CCC_Research@UKandEU
EU exit poses challenges for goods/services trade across UK. But instead of building structures to make governments work together on challenges, #InternalMarketBill all but cuts devolved governments out of process. Even harder now to reach agreement in ongoing IGR review 2/
