http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/ce57b178c74823de https://verfassungsblog.de/beyond-groundhog-day/ Beyond Constitutional Groundhog Day - The 2026 Scottish Parliamentary Election Mullay, Catriona eng 2026-07-15 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Scotland Scottish National Party Scottish Parliamentary election UK Vereinigtes Königreich UK Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In May 2026, Scottish voters once again returned the Scottish National Party (SNP) to power for the fifth successive Scottish Parliamentary election. The pro-independence SNP will bring up twenty years in government at Edinburgh next year. With the SNP promising another independence referendum but not having a legal mechanism to provide one, and polling on that issue still sat at about 50-50, the Scottish political Groundhog Day looks set to continue. Beneath the stasis, however, there is movement in Scottish constitutional politics.