Ben Jackson

Associate professor of modern history at Oxford University

Latest articles from Ben Jackson

Author looks at Conservatives' attitude to Scotland as part of new book

IF the past six years have taught us anything, it is that arguing against Scottish independence is a lot harder than its opponents think it ought to be. Defenders of the Anglo-Scottish Union often start from the position that Scottish nationalism is a simplistic ideology, a dream through which a large proportion of the Scottish electorate is inexplicably slumbering and from which they will shortly awaken if the shouting gets loud enough.