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Published in: Home: OpinionSturgeon’s departure doesn’t solve Scotland’s problemsOPINION: 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 foreverThe 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 rejoinBrian 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 slaveryIndependence 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 povertyA 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 nationIn 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 historyThe 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 richerSmall 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: austerityA 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 crashRemaining 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-max9, 10 and 11 of 40 reasons to support Scottish independence - the West Lothian Question needs an answer, devo-max...
