The decision to end naval ship building in Portsmouth was political
There was more than a whiff of politics last week as BAE systems took the decision to end ship building in Portsmouth in favour of the Clyde.
Ed Jacobs
Ed writes on devolved and local government. He works as a political consultant at the only Northern based consultancy, The Public Affairs Company. Ed has previously helped establish and run a student news website therundown.co.uk.
Quarter of Scots undecided on independence
Almost a quarter of Scots are undecided how they will vote in next year’s referendum on independence, according to new polling.
Scotland stands on the brink of significant job losses
Over 1,000 jobs look to be at risk with the closure of BAE’s system’s shipyard at Portsmouth.
BBC airs heartbreaking account of Northern Ireland’s disappeared
Relatives of the ‘disappeared’ have given heart wrenching accounts of the moments their loved ones were taken in a new BBC documentary.
Salmond accuses the Home Office of ‘sabotage’
Alex Salmond has accused the Home Office of ‘sabotage’ after it refused visas for two Chinese teachers looking to visit Scotland under a Scottish government-funded scheme to teach pupils north of the border Mandarin.
Wales gets its finance-raising powers
David Cameron and Nick Clegg today visited Wales to give their response to the Silk Commission into further Welsh devolution.
Dissident Republicans ‘bitter and twisted’, argues McGuinness
Sinn Fein’s deputy first minister has launched a scathing attack on dissident republicans, dubbing them ‘bitter and twisted’.
Scotland’s ‘reluctant Cameroons’
In a report published today entitled ‘Cameron’s Caledonian Conundrum’, 18 per cent of respondents in Scotland were more favourable to David Cameron than the Conservatives as a whole.
SNP fail to address affordability of council tax freeze
A senior academic has raised questions over the viability of the SNP’s council tax freeze.
Gerry Adams ‘no longer has the power’ in Sinn Fein, says Paisley
A new book by BBC Northern Ireland broadcaster Mark Carruthers includes a fascinating interview with the former DUP leader Dr Ian Paisley.