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Has the pandemic changed the debate for Scottish independence?

Eilidh Wilson

13 Jan 2021 - 17:58

According to the latest YouGov poll, the Yes vote leads by 51% to 49% and over two thirds of Scots think Nicola Sturgeon is doing well as First Minister. The SNP are in a stronger position than ever before and hence it was no surprise that in September, Sturgeon announced that her Government will set […]

2021 – Is a BoJo – MoJo recovery in sight?

Stephen Bramall

7 Jan 2021 - 18:16

It’s a reasonable assumption, if not a certainty, that Boris Johnson will not look back on 2020 with much fondness. And 2021 hasn’t got off to a great start for him, with the new virus strain ripping through the population and a national lockdown likely to be in place until Easter. Who would have believed […]

Online Harms Bill – A new era for tech regulation

Francis Mallinson

16 Dec 2020 - 13:47

WHAT HAS HAPPENED? After several years of delay, the Government published its long-awaited online harms regulatory regime proposals on Tuesday 15th December. The result of those delays is a system which does not quite ‘lead the world’, as was the original intention (the EU published its Digital Services Act on the same day, for […]

Friday 13th: Could this be the day that Boris Johnson saved his premiership?

Stephen Bramall

14 Nov 2020 - 11:18

In western culture Friday the 13th is seen by many as a deeply unlucky day. But for Boris Johnson Friday 13th November 2020 may turn out to be a very lucky day indeed. It might even be the day that he saved his premiership. The sudden dramatic, and very public, departure of Lee Cain, his […]

CSR postponement fallout: Competition. Security. Reform.

Will Wallace

22 Oct 2020 - 14:22

Three things that the CSR postponement leaves unanswered Today’s announcement from the Chancellor that the multi-year spending settlement is being pushed back to next year with an interim one year 2021/22 carry over budget for departments leaves a number of questions unanswered beyond the pure government finance allocations. I explore three areas here around […]

What Sir David Attenborough’s “A Life on Our Planet” could mean for UK policy

Anna Jobling

13 Oct 2020 - 12:04

Many watching Sir David Attenborough’s latest documentary, A Life on Our Planet, will have been deeply moved by the reality of the damaging impact we have made on our natural world. Sir David gives a witness statement on how drastically human beings have damaged biodiversity across the globe during his 94 years – comparing our […]

The Internal Markets Bill – The Controversy

Stephen Bramall

16 Sep 2020 - 09:37

When Brandon Lewis, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, admitted that the Internal Market Bill did indeed breach the UK’s international treaty obligations, albeit in a “specific and limited way” it was inevitable that this would cause an almighty row, and so it has proved. But was he wise to say this? Indeed, is […]

The Armed Forces and the Integrated Review

James Olney

29 Jul 2020 - 08:36

In more usual times, it’s easy to forget that the world is an inherently dangerous place. Whether or not you subscribe to a realist view, recent events like President Trump’s sabre rattling on Chinese culpability for the coronavirus pandemic, the exchange of fire between US and Iranian forces at the start of the year, and […]

Analysis of the Chancellor’s summer statement

Tom Bolton King

8 Jul 2020 - 16:31

Today, Rishi Sunak gave details of his summer statement, with measures aimed at kick-starting the economy. To run alongside the Prime Minister’s “build, build, build” mantra, today was all about jobs and getting people to “spend, spend, spend”. Resisting Labour’s calls to extend the job retention scheme, Sunak said that any extension would only delay […]

Can the Chancellor turn the tide with the upcoming fiscal statement?

Holly Ramsey

29 Jun 2020 - 11:39

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is preparing to deliver a statement on a fiscal stimulus package in early July. This comes as the Government looks to restart the economy after three months of Coronavirus lockdown, with thousands of businesses having received no income or closed during that time. This is a crucial moment for the […]

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