The Week Outside Westminster – Leading questions and questioning leaders
Ed Jacobs presents his weekly round up of what’s been going on in the rest of the British Isles. This week, Alex Salmond continues to dominate.
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Salmond’s Scottish referendum is a textbook example of a leading question
Alex Hern explains why the phrasing of the question to be asked in the Scottish referendum should be concerning for anyone who wants a fair vote.
Salmond has questions to answer, because the evidence doesn’t support him
William Bain lays out the evidence against a financially viable independent Scotland
The Week Outside Westminster – Answering the West Lothian question
Ed Jacobs presents the Week Outside Westminster: The West Lothian question, Scottish independence, United unionism, and a Welsh National Party.
Questions multiply over financial status of an independent Scotland
Alex Hern presents further questions, and an answer, for Alex Salmond on Scottish independence.
Khan attacks “partisan tinkering” of the constitution
Ed Jacobs writes about the new commission which aims to re-examine the West Lothian question, and asks whether it can work.
The Week Outside Westminster – Sending Osborne to save the Union
Ed Jacobs rounds up the week’s news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in The Week Outside Westminster.
Devo-max isn’t a solution, it’s a whole new can of worms
Matt Gwilliam argues that devo-max is constitutionally untenable, turning the West Lothian question into a crisis
Salmond trumps Westminster (again)
Ed Jacobs explains how the Unionist parties have been out-strategised by Alex Salmond, who is making the case for a referendum on his terms ever-stronger.
Cameron got it wrong on Scotland, and he probably knows it
Ed Jacobs covers the continuing fallout from Cameron’s mistaken sabre-rattling over the Scottish independence referendum.