A very good piece from Thomas Horsley on the challenges for the Scottish Government in navigating UKIMA in delivering its proposed Food Price Cap Bill.

UK Constitutional Law Association@ukcla.bsky.social · last wk.

Thomas Horsley: Legislative Design in the Shadow of the UK Internal Market Act: The Food Price Cap (Scotland) Bill ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/09/16/t...

Congratulations to Lord Briggs of Westbourne, 71, who is to become the next president of the UK Supreme Court. Briggs will take up his new role in January, when Lord Reed of Allermuir retires. He will be the court’s fifth president since it opened in 2009. rozenberg.substack.com/p/briggs-sup...

Briggs supreme

New president for the UK’s highest court

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Daily Record calls for a commission on the “trigger point for independence”… For some background reading see the CEEAC Committee of the Scottish Parliament: www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-... and this report by Dugdale and Noon for the @uofgpolicy.bsky.social: www.gla.ac.uk/explore/glas...

Aileen McHarg@aileenmcharg.bsky.social · 3w ago

Interesting development x.com/paulhutcheon...

Ben Yong: The Civil Service: A Public Good, Not the Enemy Within ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/08/27/b...

Ben Yong: The Civil Service: A Public Good, Not the Enemy Within

Reform Party MP Danny Kruger is concerned. The UK, he says, has ‘a bloated, paralysed centre of government and a mutinous bureaucracy’; and that ‘Real power is held not by the elected government bu…

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sainsbury's to sell Argos for £120m

"Human Rights are supposed to be universal, we believe knowledge and understanding of them should be universal too!" - Associate Professor Stuart Wallace The new textbook 'Open Access International Human Rights Law' has been published!👇 tinyurl.com/4h26x826

Open Access International Human Rights Law

<p><em>Open Access International Human Rights Law</em> provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the principles, institutions and substantive protections that underpin international hum...

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Brexit and devolution💡📝 Ten years on from the referendum, @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social reflects on Brexit and devolution, writing that the vote to leave the EU a decade ago continues to test the resilience of the UK Union today. Read in full: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

I have a chapter in this book on the (constitutional) effect of Brexit on Scotland. I'm sure it will surprise no-one that I don't think it has been good: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

The Brexit Effect, 2016–2026

Cambridge Core - British Government, Politics and Policy - The Brexit Effect, 2016–2026

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There we were

🚨Temporary Senior Researcher (devolution, parliament and constitution) for SPICe. Great gig for someone at the heart of the action: ce1046li.webitrent.com/ce1046li_web...

As the new parliament beds down a series of short explainers by SPICe here on issues such as government formation, committees, the parliamentary bureau and more: spice-spotlight.scot/category/par... AND a longer briefing (19.5.26) on the devo settlement here: bprcdn.parliament.scot/published/20....

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Happy new Presiding Officer day. What’s it all about? Courtesy of SPICe: spice-spotlight.scot/2026/05/12/e...

Explainer: how does the Parliament elect a Presiding Officer?

After MSPs are sworn in, the first job of the new Parliament is to elect a Presiding Officer and two Deputy Presiding Officers. This is expected to take place on the afternoon of Thursday 14 May 20…

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I got current legal problems but Ben ain’t one

Ben Yong@bymyong.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My paper “Bureaucracy and Distrust: the Civil Service in the Constitution” has been published in Current Legal Problems. It looks at the UK civil service’s constitutional foundations, and how it might respond to a populist govt. It's open access. currentlegalproblems.org/article/bure...

Excited to share the BBS results page for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. True to form, there's going to be more data on here than you can shake a stick at, giving you the most in-depth rundown available anywhere! This will all update automatically throughout the day, so refresh often!

2026 Scottish Parliament Election Results

Quick links: Seats Won and Count Progress Constituency Results Regional Results (by Constituency) Regional Results (by Region) Vote Swings by Constituency Whilst you wait for results, you can chec…

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I think this might be the worst thing I have ever seen in any form of media, in any context political and non-political, by anyone or anything, anywhere, with no caveats or exceptions. For one thing, did no one look it over and say “I don’t think that is the Scottish Parliament”?

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Scottish Labour AI-Generated Greyfriars Bobby Attack Ad………..things are happening in this election that have never happened before.

My anatidaephobia is really playing up

The dual role of the lord advocate as both the head of the prosecution service and legal adviser to Scottish ministers is “appropriate”, the Scottish Government has said. www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...

Scottish Government publishes lord advocate dual role report

There have been calls for the two roles to be separated

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www.gov.scot/publications... - published today

Report on the Roles and Functions of the Scottish Law Officers

This is a Report on research into the roles and functions of the Scottish Law Officers.

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New report by the Constitution [etc] Committee of the Scottish Parliament: digitalpublications.parliament.scot/Committees/R... Both the report and evidence base (see www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...) are valuable resources in the debate about democratic pathways to an independence referendum.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEW: No legal route to a second independence referendum exists without Westminster deciding to hold one, and the UK and Scottish Governments must negotiate a 'clear pathway' to a vote as a 'matter of urgency', a Holyrood committee has concluded Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

New report by the Constitution [etc] Committee of the Scottish Parliament: digitalpublications.parliament.scot/Committees/R... Both the report and evidence base (see www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...) are valuable resources in the debate about democratic pathways to an independence referendum.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEW: No legal route to a second independence referendum exists without Westminster deciding to hold one, and the UK and Scottish Governments must negotiate a 'clear pathway' to a vote as a 'matter of urgency', a Holyrood committee has concluded Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

JUSTICE LEAGUE WAS RIGHT THERE!!!

McHarg and McCorkindale join forces with @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social and Jo Hunt to form what some are* calling a kind of devolution Avengers. On devolved law making following the Supreme Court’s 28(7) judgments: * I am

Aileen McHarg@aileenmcharg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New report out today on the impact of the Supreme Court's s.28(7) jurisprudence, with @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social, @chrismccork.bsky.social and Jo Hunt. www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

1/2 Here’s a 1 min trailer for Advanced Issues in Public Law, a 2nd yr module I’m teaching late 2026 at @durham.ac.uk with @aileenmcharg.bsky.social and @rogermasterman.bsky.social. I just used iMovie. No AI. I&S = individual and the state; UK Con = UK constitutional law—both 1st yr modules.

www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/... Emilios was a gifted academic, a good friend and an enormous support to me through my PhD (including as internal examiner) and early career. A sad, terrible, loss.

I am saddened to hear of the passing of Lord Wallace. Jim was a lovely man who welcomed me to his home in Orkney, and with whom I drank too much whisky several times, while putting the world to rights. Jim's wise reflections on being a minister: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...

Lord Wallace | Institute for Government

Lord Wallace reflects on his experience in the UK coalition government and how it compared to his time in the Scottish government.

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Hear, hear. An extraordinary career and about the nicest man you could ever meet.

Graeme Cowie@woodstockjag.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Really sad to learn of this. Jim was a really kind man. Generous with his time, and driven by duty. Steely in an understated way. A real loss. I came across Jim in several capacities. Political. Legal. Spiritual. Academic. Always unfailingly decent and fair minded. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“…the grammar of civility…”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."

If you start watching this at 11:53pm you'll hit midnight just as the ball goes in the net, after "he's done him, he's done him, he's done him". www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Sportscene: International Football - 2025/26: Scotland v Denmark - highlights

Highlights from the World Cup qualifier between Scotland v Denmark.

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