Scotland’s drive to lower the voting age poses hard questions about the relationship between the rights and responsibilities of the citizen.
Support for the SNP and independence stayed the same before and after the film’s release.
Also: Welsh Assembly in revolt over plans to increase members’ pay; and Carmichael at risk of recall for leaking Sturgeon’s Tory sympathies.
“The Local Government Association is urging ministers to extend devolution to non-urban areas as well as cities” to deliver jobs, homes and growth.
The Prime Minister would do a service to his party and to the Union by doing so.
Devolution should not only take place to the cities.
“We cannot have our leaders selected, or deselected, by the grudges and grievances of one prominent man. The leader of the Scottish Labour Party doesn’t serve by the grace of Len McCluskey.”
There is a lot still to do to make the idea a reality – and not all of it will be comfortable.
“We will give you greater control of your transport, housing, skills, healthcare and the levers you need to grow your economy.”
To prevent the strain on the UK from reaching breaking point, Cameron needs to make a big, open comprehensive – and federal – offer.
Privately, leading Scottish Tories are livid at the Carlisle Principle, Theresa May’s ‘abdication’ intervention and the rest of the rhetoric of the last week.
Nigel Dodds’ latter-day conversion to the legitimacy of the SNP coincides with a threat to the influence of DUP MPs.
“English votes for English laws is about making our United Kingdom stronger.”
Giving England control over its Income Tax is a good idea – but we must work out how the Union should function in full.
Businesses in the North have embraced the Chancellor’s project, but now it must go much further.