
Henry Hill: Anger at Westminster as Scottish Tories put SNP’s referendum pledge at the heart of their campaign
It helps the Nationalists avoid scrutiny of their record and undermines Johnson’s pledge not to grant another vote.
Henry Hill is an award-winning centre-right blogger and assistant editor of ConservativeHome.
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The rate of successful appeals is apparently running higher even than it did during the 1980s.
Constitutionally, socially, and symbolically, the monarchy is an institution that binds us together in ways no presidency could.
If he cannot or will not convince them that its guarantees of their British status are real and meaningful, its days are numbered.
The best George Galloway’s party can hope to achieve is taking seats from other unionists. They’re more likely to hand them to separatists.
It might allow Sturgeon to focus on the progressive, europhile case for independence whilst Salmond rallies leavers and cultural conservatives.
This astonishing story threatens much more than David Cameron’s reputation. Who will stand up for ‘weirdos and misfits’?
It would surely not be hard to amend it to require ministers to seek the Commons’ authorisation more frequently than every six months.
The constitutional struggle is a long game, and in the ‘war of position’ unionism is in a stronger position than the SNP would have you think.
A ‘two-tier’ asylum system that penalises illegal entry makes sense, but the reforms to citizenship law are a big missed opportunity.
New powers need to be applied pro-actively and even-handedly if they are to do any good. Recent experience doesn’t fill us with confidence.
Parliamentary ‘debates’ often devolve into collections of short, unconnected speeches that are basically being read into Hansard. That must change.
A string of polls have found both the SNP falling short of an overall majority and the Union outpolling independence.
Like Ridley in the 1980s, the Secretary of State can brute-force his way past the NIMBY’s blocking tactics by granting appeals.
It’s clearer than ever that the Scottish Government is covering things up. But that is likely not enough to bring down Sturgeon before May’s elections.