As the Scottish National Party gathered in Aberdeen for the its annual conference, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham had also travelled north of the border. SNP conferences are of course a platform for the party to coalesce around its core
Albertans will head to the polls in October for what has been referred to as a “referendum on a referendum”. They will be asked to choose between two options: should Alberta remain a province of Canada, or should
For the first time in the history of devolution, nationalist or independence-oriented parties lead all three devolved nations simultaneously: Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland, Plaid Cymru in Wales, and the SNP in Scotland. Meanwhile, Reform UK topped the national equivalent
This post summarises my recent article, ‘Accommodating Territorial Contestation and National Constitutional Change: The Cases of Cyprus and Ireland’, published in Irish Studies in International Affairs (Vol. 36, No. 2, 2025). I recently discussed the article with Rory Montgomery
It was a great pleasure to provide oral and written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee as part of its inquiry examining ‘options for a legal mechanism for triggering any independence referendum.’
In the wake of
On 4th March 1861, President Lincoln in his inaugural speech declared that ‘[p]erpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments.’ Just a month before the start of the American civil war, he
Forty-eight hours before the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the then Spanish Secretary of State for the EU, Méndez de Vigo, appeared on the BBC. During his interview, he rejected the claims of the then Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, according
Caro Diario (1993)In the opening scene of his film Caro Diario, Nanni Moretti goes for a ride with his Vespa on the outskirts of Rome. At some point, he stops at a traffic light and he informs the unsuspecting
On Tuesday 28 June, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed the Scottish Parliament about her plans for a second independence referendum. According to the proposed Bill, the referendum will take place on 19 October 2023. The announcement reopened the age-old debate about the
The EU is taking legal action against the UK in response to the government’s plan to revise the Northern Ireland Protocol after the UK government released a bill proposing to unilaterally amend the legal mechanism that ensures smooth trade of
