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The Economic Case for Union
I am sure there are people like this in your family too. Beloved family members you visit with their grandchildren and your home-made jam. But they’ve just read the Daily Mail, Record, Gaurdian, Telegraph or Express (if not the Financial Times). “Scotland couldnae afford independence!” they tell you with utter sincerity. You make a point…
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What Was the Point of the Union in the First Place?
Something a lot of people don’t realise is the first unionists were Scots. It seem counter-intuitive. Surely it’s the English who spent all that time and effort fighting the likes of Robert the Bruce to unify the island? But what Edward I offered was imperial conquest. To reheat a slogan from 2014, no thanks. The…
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The Status Quo
Are things going alright for you? I hope so. They must have been for a lot of people way back in 2014, when we gambled on stick, rather than twist. We’d had a financial crash, but Gordon Brown Saved the Banks. It wasn’t enough for an ungrateful electorate who brought the Conservatives back in 2010,…
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The Claim of Right – Is It What You Think?
The Claim of Right has been in the news as Alex Salmond said it should be front and centre of the independence campaign. The Salvo.scot campaign has taken up that challenge. Quick quiz – what is the Claim of Right? It is the Scottish doctrine that the people are sovereign, in contrast to the English…
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Should Scotland be an Independent Country?
Is the wrong question. Here are some better ones: Should people in Scotland live free of fuel and food poverty? How can the health of Scots be improved? Should Scotland host nuclear weapons? How can Scotland be made a safer place for women and children? How can Scots get better houses, neighbourhoods, and communities to…