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So, 2022 looks likely to be the year when the constitutional wrangle is unleashed. Thus far, Ms Sturgeon has shied away from giving any detail about what Scotland under independence would look like, saying the disruption of the pandemic has thrown all the economic numbers up in the air. However, once coronavirus subsides, then voters will increasingly demand a full prospectus; from both sides. Yet the vicissitudes of the pandemic have not stopped some analysts from already predicting what life outwith the UK would be like for Scotland. It does not make happy reading and will, no doubt...

Michael Gove was speaking in front of a meeting of four different Westminster committees THE UK Government will “not be legislating to prevent all future referenda”, Michael Gove has said. The Tory MP's words suggest that Westminster will not legislate to prevent a second Scottish independence referendum in the coming years, as the former head of the Union Unit has recommended. However, it would be impossible for Westminster to legislate “to prevent all future referenda”, as the principle of parliamentary sovereignty means that no sitting parliament can create a law which a fut...

The Scottish Conservatives team of 31 MSPs is the same size as they had after the 2016 Holyrood election. However, it is yet to be seen how well they will function with Davidson, who played a prominent role during their campaign. On the Tories' new shadow front bench team, Murdo Fraser has moved from being shadow finance secretary to shadow Covid recovery secretary. Liz Smith has moved from shadow environment secretary to the finance and economy portfolio. Oliver Mundell is returning to the front benches as shadow education secretary after resigning last year. Glagsow list MSP Anni...

BORIS Johnson's top civil servant has said that preserving the Union is now at the "forefront" of UK Government policymaking.

PROFESSOR Sir John Curtice has dismissed claims that there is no mandate for indyref2 – and warned Tories that they risk “undermining the…