Constructive coalitions? What the election means for the seventh session of the Scottish parliament (opens in new tab)

In terms of the political makeup of the parliament, arguably little has changed: the SNP still lack a majority but continue to hold the dominant position; to their right sits a block of about 30 MSPs; and on the progressive side the SNP faces three smaller parties with which it might seek to do business. But beneath the broad continuity in parliamentary arithmetic lies a worrying change in voter behaviour, with non-voting up by more than 10 points reaching 46.7 per cent of the electorate. To ...