Brexit – What Can Be Learned from Greenland?
Maria Ackrén Although the ‘reverse Greenland’ model has often been cited as a possible means of Scotland remaining in the EU while the UK leaves, the situations facing Greenland then …
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Back to the Future with the Draft Referendum Bill
Peter Lynch The EU referendum result has fundamentally reshaped the Scottish independence debate, and the new draft referendum bill is a both political and practical step by the Scottish Government, …
Scotland’s Minimum Pricing – Balancing Public Policy and the Single Market
Arianna Andreangeli In-Depth Analysis The Court of Session’s ruling on minimum pricing of alcohol in Scotland has upheld that the policy is an appropriate and proportionate restriction on the free …
Scotland in the Single Market, rUK Out – What Would It Take?
Kirsty Hughes In-Depth Analysis If Scotland is to remain in the Single Market while the rest of the UK leaves it, substantial political and technical challenges would need to be …
Scotland and Brexit – Outlook Worsens as Options Narrow
Kirsty Hughes In-Depth Analysis Both hard Brexit and soft Brexit scenarios each present their own challenges for the UK, writes Kirsty Hughes. She suggests that, for Scotland, it is almost certain …
Theresa May’s Great Repeal Bill – A Scottish Own Goal?
Tobias Lock The Prime Minister’s outlining of the Great Repeal Bill to bring all EU law into UK law, to be sorted through later, has many elements of strategic thinking, …
While Europe’s Eye is Fix’d on Mighty Things: Implications of the Brexit Vote for Scotland
David Edward and Niamh Nic Shuibhne The variation in vote outcomes across the different parts of the UK in the EU referendum has brought existing constitutional questions to the fore, …
Could Scotland Remain in Both the EU and the UK After ‘Brexit’?
Mark Lazarowicz In-Depth Analysis One of the challenges facing Scotland following the EU referendum is whether it could retain membership of the EU while continuing to be part of the …
How Might Scotland Maintain its Membership of the EU?
Eve Hepburn In the aftermath of the vote for the UK to leave the EU, several possible scenarios could allow Scotland to remain in, writes Eve Hepburn. She argues that, …
A European Future for Scotland?
Tobias Lock Scotland is faced with several options for retaining its relationship with the EU following the UK’s vote to leave, writes Tobias Lock. He suggests that each option would …