A Scottish Parliament election cannot give a mandate for a referendum (or independence) as the constitution is a reserved matter. (View Post)

They have to be very careful not to make the alliance too formal - "a vote for the Lib Dems is a vote for Labour" may not be the vote-winner they hope. (View Post)

Assuming that the next election is fought on the new boundaries, it's likely to be even more confused than we're used to. IIRC last time the boundaries changed there were at least two sets … (View Post)

Yeah, these figures are pretty awful for SKS. (View Post)

We (the people) didn't have a reliable opt out - had we voted to remain there was no guarantee that a future europhile PM (or even the then-current one) wouldn't have surrendered them in ex… (View Post)