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Published in: Home: OpinionSturgeon’s departure doesn’t solve Scotland’s problems
OPINION: The SNP has been a victim of its own success. Scotland’s route to independence is now anyone’s guess
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhile ‘beergate’ dominates headlines, UK politics quietly changes forever
The pundits of London’s metropolitan media are focused on Keir Starmer’s curry. But they’re all missing the bigger story
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsLeading European cultural figures call on EU to offer Scotland ‘path’ to rejoin
Brian Cox, Slavoj Žižek, and Elena Ferrante among signatories asking the EU to offer membership ahead of possible...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA select #IndyRef glossary (for voters, bloggers, writers and tweeters)
"When it comes to 18 September we need to know whereof we speak. It helps us to see through the hyperbole and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA blow to the British class system; look who is on each side (40 reasons to support Scottish independence, 35 & 36)
The British class system is built around Britain, and the most marginalised seem largely to support a yes vote:...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFrom island nation to Atlantic archipelago: re-assessing Scotland, Britain and Atlantic slavery
Independence offers Scots and Britons an opportunity to shift their self image from insular islanders to inhabitants...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPodcast: 2014 Matters: independence and global poverty
A discussion in Edinburgh of what Scottish independence will mean for international development.
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Published in: ourBeebBacon butties and the politics of buffoonery
Never mind the quality, feel the wit! Mary Maguire laments political coverage focussed on drama rather than issues.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe uncertainty of no; new national stories (40 reasons to support Scottish independence; 26 & 27)
A no vote brings with it constitutional wranglings in which, right now, Westminster is accentuating the positives...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe environmental case for yes (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 24 & 25)
We can't let Westminster play political games with Scotland's renewable revolution, and Scotland has unique...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA new nation or an old empire?; Trident: (40 reasons to support independence, 20 and 21)
Independent countries have more voice in the world, and any additional influence Britain has gained came down the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUnleash creative energy; save NHS Scotland: (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 18 & 19)
Scottish independence will unleash a creative energy and is needed to protect Scotland's NHS from the impacts of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScotland Divided! Poverty, class and nation
In the rush to build a fairer Scotland, we must start by acknowledging our own deep inequalities.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIf you spend but don't collect taxes, you can't invest (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 17)
Seperating tax collection and spending means that Holyrood can't invest in growing Scotland's tax base.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Scottish side of history
The world is moving towards more, smaller states. That's a good thing: the Scottish referendum as seen from Tuscany,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK40 reasons to support Scottish independence: reason 16: the flotilla effect and why smaller countries are richer
Small European countries tend to be more prosperous than big ones. Their governments can use economic policy more...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK40 reasons to support Scottish independence: reason 15: austerity
A no vote isn't a vote for stability. It's a vote to be part of the new, brutal Britain Osborne is building.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Labour save the union?
The intervention of Gordon Brown into the independence debate raises important questions for the Labour party.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 12, 13, 14: the coming British crash
Remaining in the union doesn't mean a stable future, it means shackling Scotland to an economy that's heading...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 9, 10, 11: The West Lothian question & problems with devo-max
9, 10 and 11 of 40 reasons to support Scottish independence - the West Lothian Question needs an answer, devo-max...