By: Adam Tomkins

Adam Tomkins teaches constitutional law at the University of Glasgow and is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange. He was a Conservative MSP from 2016-21.

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Nicola Sturgeon can huff and puff but she won’t get a new independence referendum

ADAM TOMKINS

Scottish independence is not even in the top half-dozen priorities for voters in Scotland, yet once again Nicola Sturgeon used her speech to the SNP conference this week to bang the drum for another push for independence. She is obsessed. Fixing the economy post-Covid? The mounting crises in the Scottish NHS? The appalling decline in [...]
Nicola Sturgeon is playing the long game for Scottish independence in a toxic deal with the Greens

Nicola Sturgeon entering her SNP government into a formal cooperation agreement with the Scottish Greens is all about optics and momentum, and not about substance. In the May election, the SNP narrowly failed to win an overall majority of seats at the Holyrood election. This doesn’t mean they needed a co-operation agreement to govern; the [...]

The Magnificent 7 in 2025 – and the survival of the richest

Reading owner Rob Couhig considers selling training ground to raise funds

Food trends 2026: What Londoners will eat in the new year

By: Adam Tomkins

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