When we asked people in October 2023 why there had not been more progress towards independence, more than three quarters of respondents said it was… Read More »Did the 2026 election deliver a mandate to press for an independence referendum?
Constitutional preferences (Yes or No to independence) in Scotland invoke polarisation far more than they do consensus. Identifying a middle ground on preferences might be… Read More »Is there a constitutional middle ground in Scotland? Attitudes to indyref mandates
Two big stories look set to define the Scottish Parliament election in May 2026. The first is whether the SNP can do well enough following… Read More »Is it the Scunner Factor? Reform UK Support in Scotland
by Ailsa Henderson Before Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation as Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland, the biggest debate inside the SNP surrounded the… Read More »Constitution or Con-substitution? What Scottish voters want from the next General Election
Photo by Rico Meier on Unsplash In our previous blog we explained that Scottish voters had less respect for Boris Johnson but felt he was… Read More »Balmoral Blues? Scottish Attitudes to Conservative Leadership
It isn’t possible to talk about the rise of Scottish nationalism in the 1980s without encountering the idea that Margaret Thatcher was, ultimately, its handmaiden.… Read More »From the Iron Lady to Big Dog: How Scots Feel About Johnson Compared to Thatcher and Why It Matters
Allowing survey respondents to put things in their own words is underrated. In the 2021 Scottish Election Study – on top of typical closed-ended, multiple-choice… Read More »Thinking Out Cloud – Holyrood 2021 Explained, Part Two