The Politics of Devolution

The Politics of Devolution
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University of Aberdeen returns to the Edinburgh Festival with events at The Festival of Politics in Holyrood, and a partnership event with Scottish Review of Books at Edinburgh International Book Festival.

How has devolution developed in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales? What are the big issues for the future of politics in these territories and their relationships with Westminster? A panel of leading politicians and commentators discuss and debate their experiences of devolution including Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Scottish Government, Susan Deacon, former Labour MSP and Scotland’s first health minister, Dr Robin Wilson, Chair, Belfast-based think-tank ‘Platform for Change’, and the former journalist and television producer John Osmond, now Director of The Institute of Welsh Affairs. Chaired by Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland Political Editor.  In association with AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen.

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