“The territorial periphery is once again consigned to the political periphery. Despite much prompting, work to buttress the Union remains under-resourced & politically underpowered” - interesting piece on territorial statecraft 10yrs on from #indyrefwww.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/whiteha...

Whitehall and the Scottish independence referendum: forgetting the lessons - Bennett Institute for Public Policy

In a follow-up blog to his discussion on Whitehall's role in the 2014 Scottish Referendum, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the EU, Philip Rycroft reflects on the decade since ...

in my view this is a bit unfair to Ed Miliband who wasn't standing on a particularly outlandish platform - I think a lot of the history post-2015 election defeat paints it as a lurch to the left and not some mild social-democratic wrangling. It was mostly indyref fallout that scuppered Ed.

I for one welcome Sue Gray, the new face of why No lost the Indyref of 2027.

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I have some indyref 2014 "yes" golf balls if you want one...

In Cambridge chairing an event on Scottish #indyref ten years on, with Philip Rycroft. Always such a fascinating place to visit

Gay marriage one unarguable victory of the Cameron era but opposed by large section of party and likely would have happened within a few years under any government. Won Indyref but can't run a 2029 campaign on that.

Surely the key here is unionist consent for another indyref. So recognising both side of the debate (probably the hardest part) and waiting for both to agree on another indyref would be the time to hold one.

The "Dugdale-Noon" report inspired significant, constructive debate at yesterday's Centre on Constitutional Change conference for the indyref 10th anniversary. But wonks, activists, and academics can only carry these things so far, no matter how good the ideas. They need political engagement.

Ah, #IndyRef what would harken the next 10 years of UK politics as it brought the SNP to the national stage. The party would be a big electoral force, mainting strong number of seats at the next couple elections until this year's one. It was also an issue the SNP kept going on about during Brexit.

a group of people are walking down a street with the words `` we want indy ref 2 '' written on the screen .

ALT: a group of people are walking down a street with the words `` we want indy ref 2 '' written on the screen .