Territorial Politics

Abstract

The UK is a unitary state, but it is also multinational. The territorial dimension of UK politics is a fundamental element in understanding both political change and how power is exercised in the UK. During the 1992 general election the primary focus as far as most of the London media was concerned was which of the two main parties, Conservative or Labour, would form the next government at Westminster. But in other parts of the UK, particularly in Scotland and Northern Ireland, a very different election was taking place, with a different agenda, different issues, and in some cases different parties.