Talk:Politics of Scotland

History
Hello.

Have added a "history" section. Needs a lot more work - especially after about 1980 (when I left Scotland!). Can anyone help? I feel it's a bit SNP-centred at the moment.

This whole article needs some background esp on the religious aspect of Scottish politics.

Exile

Mergefrom Government of Scotland
I believe that Government of Scotland is unnecessary duplication of links and information. Currently we have the following pages that relate the Politics and governance of Scotland:


 * 1) Politics of Scotland (includes information on all the articles below)
 * 2) Scottish Executive
 * 3) Scottish Government (a stub)
 * 4) Government of Scotland (a stub)
 * 5) Scottish Parliament (post 1998)
 * 6) Parliament of Scotland (pre 1707)

The article Government of Scotland does not add anything new to our understanding, and it could be argued does not represent a neutral point of view. Yes other nations may have pages titled Government of but they are more sunstantive. I think Government of Scotland should be merged into Politics of Scotland and it then become a redirect. Davidkinnen 13:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I've merged Scottish Government into Scottish Executive. What  materials under government of Scotland are duplicating with those of politics of Scotland? And what is not neutral? If this article is not substantive enough, we can always expand and improve it. &mdash; Instantnood 21:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Redirect from Scottish Politicians
Scottish politicians have also been involved in the UK Parliament. I was interested in a list of them, not to be redirected to here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.222.241.128 (talk) 07:59, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Which image: Flag of Scotland or Royal Arms of the United Kingdom?
Please see discussion at Template talk:PoliticsScotland. --Mais oui! 10:54, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Election time - WikiProject Scotland discussion
Please comment/contribute at: While you are there, please feel free to sign up as a member of the WikiProject, or just give it a "Watch". Ta. --Mais oui! 09:07, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Scotland

Box showing Alex Salmond as First Minister
This information is wrong (as of 5 May 2007). The First Minister has to be confirmed by a vote in the Parliament; this has not happened yet. Alex Salmond will probably be First Minister, but he isn't yet and there is a chance of a coalition not involving the SNP. The box stating that Nicola Sturgeon is deputy First Minister is also wrong, and is entirely speculative. If the SNP went into coalition with the Liberal Democrats, it is more likely that Nicol Stephen would continue in that role. 82.41.202.199 20:00, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

–Box has now been edited. Thank you. 82.41.202.199 20:47, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

ICM/BBC Scotland poll marking 10 years of Scottish devolution
Here is the detailed data from the BBC poll:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/30_06_09_devolution_poll.pdf

... and the BBC stories published using data from the poll:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8123114.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8123346.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8124129.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8125041.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8127464.stm

Table
I am a bit confused as to what the colour of the year in the Table for the UK Parliment denotes. Can anyone help me understand why certain elections are certain colours. Thanks. Bigdon128 (talk) 21:04, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
 * My guess is that it is the party that won the most seats. It may be more distracting than helpful.--''' SabreBD  (talk ) 22:28, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Nationalist Bias
The article is clearly written from a nationalist point of view - which is not of course the position of the majority of the people of Scotland, who rejected independence 55% to 45% in a free and fair democratic referendum

For instance:

'The main political debate in Scotland tends to revolve around attitudes to the constitutional question' - unreferenced opinion

'Ultimately the long term question is: should the Scottish parliament continue to be a subsidiary assembly created and potentially abolished by the constitutionally dominant and sovereign parliament of the United Kingdom (as in devolution) or should it have an independent existence as of right, with full sovereign powers (either through independence, a federal United Kingdom or a confederal arrangement)?' 'Abolition, domination' and unreferenced opinion

'In general, the Unionists achieved their best results in the Glasgow area, due to the Orange vote.' There is so much wrong with this sentence it is not even funny

Pictures of pro-independence graffiti and no pro-union balance  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.189.30 (talk) 23:09, 21 May 2016 (UTC)