Europe
Yes to indy Scotland in EU, No to Little England
The case for an independent Scotland within the EU just got far stronger. In an updated version of a piece written the morning news of the win for Leave broke, the author explains why he’s…
Brexit puts Scottish indy back in play
#Brexit changes everything. No voters from 2014 are switching to Yes. Independence is back on the cards. Or is it? Is the First Minister’s caution right and proper? Quebec 1995 looms over Holyrood as much…
Brexit, rage, depression and the young
Why anger among young people at the state of the world is never enough to prompt political activism. Thoughts on the 2016 referendum, the one before and where next.
Boris, Brexit and Scottish nationalism
Today’s referendum outcome could indeed see Scotland pulled out of the EU against its will and the ex-Mayor of London installed in Downing Street. What happens then? The author throws the dice.
‘The idea of Europe’
If Britain does indeed vote ‘Leave’, and the gradual disintegration of the European Union were to gather pace, what would be left of ‘the idea of Europe’? Thoughts on the continued relevance of a classic…
Leave the EU to rejoin it!
Our latest post from Napier Uni students sees the author explaining why, as a supporter of Scottish independence, he voted Leave – despite being passionately pro-EU.
Europe: please don’t leave it, England!
A visit to Berlin echoing to sounds of the bagpipes prompts a No voter ion the 2014 #indyref to urge her English neighbours to vote Remain in Thursday’s #euref and keep the European Union intact.
Is it possible to stop the free movement of people?
Immigration has become the most sensitive issue of the EU referendum. But Polish immigration is already on the decline. Christina Boswell weighs up arguments for and against the free movement of labour and asks if…
Brexit odds: #indyref1 precedent poor
The 2014 independence referendum in Scotland proves a useful guide to how the bookies’ odds on #Brexit have changed – and may go on changing. Remain and Leave may be neck-and-neck in the polls but…
£350m a week and all that: bananas!
Boris Johnson (BoJo) made his reputation and career making up stories about the EU when posted as a correspondent in Brussels. He’s still working that old bananas number…
Scotland’s economy in the EU
Scottish voters will supposedly deliver a resounding vote for Remain in the June 23 referendum on UK membership of the EU. Yet, a leading economist reveals, the country’s economy is not as positively integrated in…
Euref: beyond national identity
Six weeks to the Brexit poll and another test of constitutional and identity political feeling. Facts and logic may play a role but our sense of who we are will be decisive. And what we…