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The Scottish National Party

During their lifetime, political parties face a range of strategic dilemmas. Some involve the dilemma between vote, office and policy success (Strøm 1990; De Winter 1998: 238-40). Some revolve around the exact nature of party goals, policies or coalition strategies. However, in some cases, parties also face some fundamental strategic and organisational choices about whether to become parties at...

The early Scottish microscopes.

opened in Parliamentary Road, near the Royal Infirmary, in 1814. His portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn now hangs in Gartnavel Hospital. The students in Glasgow seem to have participated only to a limited extent in resurrectionist activities. Nevertheless, under the bold leadership of Mr. Granville Sharp Pattison (1791-1851), a lecturer on anatomy and surgery in the Andersonian School, they drew lot...

Observations of the Scottish Elections

In the recent Scottish elections, an e-counting system was employed to manage the increased complexity of the Scottish electoral system. The elections were also the first to allow members of the public to register as election observers, accredited by the Electoral Commission. This paper discusses some of the issues that arose during observations made by the authors as observers, relating to the...