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Could the SNP block a Labour Budget? No

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: All posts, Featured, Westminster Watch Posted: April 22, 2015

Colin Talbot looks at the reality after Scottish National Party claims that they could block any budget if the Labour Party is leading a minority Government. The SNP are claiming they can ‘block Labour budgets’, ‘end austerity’ and ‘stop Trident’. Their problem however is simple – most of what they say is based on assuming […]

Tagged With: budget, Conservative Party, finance bill, fixed term parliament, general election, Labour, minority government, parliament, SNP, standing orders

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After the ‘No’: Dynamics of Scottish Nationalism?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: All posts Posted: September 19, 2014

This is the first of what will hopefully be a series of short posts examining various constitutional, policy and political consequences of the ‘No’ vote in the Scottish referendum. Where will the SNP go now? They can hardly go for “business as usual” approach, now independence is off the agenda for an unspecified period. There are […]

Tagged With: referendum, Scotland, SNP, UK

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