Scottish Parliament

“Better Together” campaign, those who would vote against Scottish independence due to the belief that Scotland’s independence would bring tension across the UK, and the opposing campaign “Yes Scotland,” which consists of those who are confident that Scotland could be stronger and better as an independent nation. In 2012, David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, signed the Edinburgh Agreement, which allowed a referendum for Scottish independence to be possible. Since then, there has been

The role of the central government will be questioned and it is therefore, according to those who are pro constitution, essential to empirically define it, so that the regional assemblies are clear as to what their role is. The Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly are the two main groups that are calling for clearer distinction of roles and powers to be made. A major

Devolution is defined as “the transfer of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administrations” (oxforddictionaries.com). It can also be defined as “the transfer of power from a superior sovereign to a subordinate parliament or assembly.” (Tonge 2010). Within a devolved state, the sovereign power retains the technical power to suspend the devolved government. Since Labour came into power in 1997 under Tony Blair, power has been devolved from Westminster to Scotland

justice with equal distribution of opportunity, income and wealth achieved through respective policies in the politics, economy and social welfare (Craig, 2002). Scottish Parliament, after devolution in 1999, gained remarkable opportunity to pass their own laws and implement new policies and necessary changes. At the time of devolution, Scottish society was suffering from the rise of poverty, especially child poverty, poor health, nonsuited housing and social exclusion, but also inequalities in regard

In answering this question it is first necessary to define what is meant by the term ‘New Labour.' With respect to the history of politics, ‘New Labour' is a fairly recent description of a change or shift in the Labour party ideology occurring within the last 12 years. It refers to a gradual shift of Labour from political left to a more conservative right wing approach to various issues and in terms of the political spectrum, Labour now occupy the middle-to-right area, rather than the middle-to-left

In the vast majority of political systems, which have gone through the processes of federalisation or decentralization, the courts have assumed a prominent role in resolving intergovernmental disputes. However, academics, such as Alan Trench and Robert Hazel, agree, that courts’ role in the working of devolution in the United Kingdom was limited. They name political congruence in the UK as a main factor minimizing the role of the judiciary in the devolution process. There also is a number of secondary

The Scottish National Party announced their backing of the decriminalising of cannabis for medical use in Scotland last year, the members of the party sought to gain the authority over cannabis from the UK government and that it be delegated to the Scottish parliament. Cannabis was initially banned in 1928, medical prescriptions however were still permitted until the introduction of

the number of votes is equal to the number of seats gained. The AMS is a hybrid system with two votes and two systems mixed together, the first vote being your constituency vote and the second, the regional vote. There are 129 members of the Scottish parliament and there are two ways an MSP can be elected. Scotland is divided into 73 constituencies and each constituency elects one MSP. These are known as

UK's Main Electoral System and Should It Be Reformed Over the years Britain's pluralist electoral system has been scrutinised by many political and pressure groups, such as the Liberal Democrats and the Electoral Reform Society. In their 1997 Manifesto, the Labour Party did state that they would look into the matter, by holding a referendum on the issue, however there was no change as Labour had a large majority in 1997 and Labour has preformed disappointingly in elections

arguments(on Scottish Independence) for soundness and quality Scotland was held on September 18, 2014 referendum on independence, to determine whether the Scottish independence from Britain. The independence referendum entered the 100-day countdown stage, Nicola Sturgeon (Deputy First Minister) and Alistair Darling (Former chancellor of the exchequer) both had a very convincing speech on this topic. Nicola argues,Scotland’s huge wealth and extraordinary resources mean there is no question Scottish can be