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Would Scots vote for indy? What’s the question…!

October 6, 2021 by Rob Ford Rob Johns and John Garry Leave a Comment

Could the outcome of a second Scottish independence referendum depend on the precise wording of the ballot question?  
Rob Ford, Rob Johns, and John Garry discuss three likely wordings and their potential implications.

An unsustainable paradox

June 13, 2021 by Ciaran Martin 1 Comment

‘So, whilst the rhetoric may have softened, the constitutional paradox remains. Scotland can leave if it has a lawful vote to do so, but there is no way of having a lawful vote. For now, anyway. And there is no plan to have a plan.’

Where’s the great transformation?

May 18, 2021 by James Mitchell 1 Comment

‘If the 2021 Holyrood election is remembered as a turning point it will be because it was the catalyst for a referendum.  The manifesto and style of politics adopted by the SNP do not suggest that Scotland is about to be transformed in any way comparable to critical elections of the past in terms of public policy.’

No way to save the Union

September 6, 2020 by Denis MacShane 6 Comments

“Nicola Sturgeon and the other no longer young SNP nationalists are in a hurry. They need Johnson to confirm that his English Europe-hating Tories will indeed deny Scotland its centuries-old place as a small but distinct European nation that has contributed much to European science, philosophy, and culture.”

Independence or bust

June 14, 2020 by David Gow 7 Comments

John Lloyd book review: ‘What marks the book out is Lloyd’s personal transition to virtually self-hating Scot. This is not just the regular Unionist assertion that Scotland is too wee, too weak, to cut it as an independent country but a visceral assault on “Scotland’s self-serving, self-pitying, self-obsessed keening about others, mainly the English, stealing their birthright and smashing their culture” and/or continuous “moral superiority.”‘

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