Scotsman Guide To Scottish Politics

by Spicer Matthew (Ed)

• ISBN13: 9781902930343
• ISBN10: 1902930347
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr

Summary

Here is an easy-to-use guide to the information you need to follow Scottish politics, both at Holyrood and at Westminster. A series of specially commissioned short essays from a range of eminent Scotsman writers provides the context. The core of the book takes the form of an invaluable directory of political facts and figures -- results from the Scottish Election of 1999, biographies of all MSPs, the Scottish results of the General Election of 2001, biographies of Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs, and an appendix of further useful information about the Scotland Office, the Scottish Executive, access to the Parliament, Scottish Parliament Committees, Scottish constituencies and their representatives, Scottish political parties, and useful addresses and numbers.This information makes The Scotsman Guide an ideal tool of reference for anyone with an interest in Scottish politics.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Sir David Steel
Notes on Contributors	viii
Introduction	ix
Andrew Neil
Towards 2003: Lessons from the Westminster General Election 2001, the fall of a First Minister and the Battle to Come	1	(7)
Iain Martin
Adding up the Figures: Conclusions from 2001	8	(7)
Professor John Curtice
Westminster and Edinburgh: Conflict or Co-operation?	15	(5)
Kirsty Milne
After 300 Years: The Road to Home Rule	20	(8)
Joyce McMillan
The Scottish Parliament: (a) How it Works	28	(8)
George Reid
The Scottish Parliament: (b) Does it Work?	36	(5)
Graham Leicester
Second Thoughts: Reflections of an Anti-devolutionist	41	(4)
Allan Massie
Taxing Problems: Block Grant or Fiscal Autonomy?	45	(7)
George Kerevan
Donald Dewar: A Reappraisal	52	(7)
Donald MacCormick
A Quizzical View from the Gallery	59	(5)
Robert McNeil
Results from the Scottish Parliament Election 1999	64	(9)
Profiles of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)	73	(155)
Scottish Results from the General Election 2001	228	(29)
Profiles of Scottish Members of Parliament (MPs)	257	(82)
Appendices
1) The Scotland Office	339	(1)
2) The Scottish Executive	340	(3)
3) The Scottish Parliament: Contact and Access	343	(2)
4) Scottish Parliament Committees	345	(4)
5) Scottish Constituencies and Their Representatives	349	(3)
6) Scottish Members of the European Parliament	352	(5)
7) Scottish Political Parties	356	(1)
8) Useful Addresses and Numbers	357