On 21 May 2013, the Centre was pleased to welcome the BBC’s Brian Taylor who discussed, ‘The referendum of 1997: the settled will of the Scottish people?’, as the final seminar in the Vox Populi series which has ran for the last nine months. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Tony Blair came to power… Continue reading →
On 7 May 2013, the Centre was pleased to welcome Professor Christopher Harvie, who discussed ‘Remembering 1979’ as part of the ongoing Vox Populi seminar series. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. On the run up to the 1979 devolution referendum, Scottish public opinion was around sixty per cent in favour, twenty against.… Continue reading →
On 20 November 2012, the Centre was pleased to welcome Professor Keith Brown, who discussed ‘Elections, voting and representation in early modern Scotland’ as part of the ongoing Vox Populi seminar series. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Professor Brown began his lecture by contextualising the spread of democracy in the post-1945 world. There… Continue reading →
