W Elliot Bulmer for Burning the Union at Both Ends
Monday 8th June, 7pm
Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh, 2 Blenheim Place, Edinburgh EH7 5JH
6.30pm
7pm
"Dr W. Elliot Bulmer is one of the country's leading experts on constitutional matters." -- SUNDAY HERALD
With the Scottish parliamentary elections this year, it feels apt that we take the opportunity to welcome W Elliot Bulmer to the bookshop to celebrate Burning the Union at Both Ends.
Bulmer delves into the complex and often fraught relationship between Scotland and England, examining the constitutional challenges that threaten their union.
Through a nuanced exploration of history, culture, and politics, he invites readers to reflect on the implications of a fractured union. With insights that resonate in today's turbulent political climate, Bulmer encourages a candid dialogue about national identity, heritage and the sacrifices required for unity or self-determination.
We hope to see you there!
ELLIOT BULMER graduated with an MA in Arabic and Politics from the University of Edinburgh. He was commissioned as a Logistics Officer in the Royal Navy, where he saw service in Iraq as part of a psyops unit. After leaving the Navy, he completed a phd in Politics at the University of Glasgow while serving as Research Director of the Constitutional Commission, a Scottish charitable organisation for constitutional education and research. He now works for the Constitution Building Programme of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the author of A Model Constitution for Scotland: Making Democracy Work in an Independent State (Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2011) and several articles in peer-reviewed academic journal articles on constitutional subjects, as well as being a frequent contributor to Scotland's constitutional debate in the print and online media.