Democracy
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Elections 2026: Immigration, employment and the limits of Holyrood
Despite Scotland’s lack of power over immigration policy, migrant justice remains central to the 2026 election, writes Cailean Gallagher
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Elections 2026: Soul searching for Scottish political identity
The convenient myth of civic nationalism has allowed Holyrood to ignore the rising threat of Reform for too long, argues Coll McCail
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Elections 2026: The left’s future is local
Candidates and campaigners debate alternative local offers to Labour and Reform, through future alliances and those already underway
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Elections 2026: Think global, vote local
Ahead of 7 May polling day, candidates and canvassers tell RPM what the left can achieve in local and devolved government
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Elections 2026: The return of the rotten borough?
Andy Brain reports on English councils’ accountability problem: candidates in ‘uncontested seats’ being elected into power – without a vote being cast
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What happened to Local TV?
Local TV promised to platform grassroots politics and marginal voices, but weak regulation saw the sector thin out. Andy Brain surveys the survivors and asks: can communities reclaim the airways?
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Your Party, our roots
Away from the Your Party inaugural conference, its seeds are growing into roots across the UK. John Stephens reports on the branch members forging their own paths to action