Bringing all of the powers pertaining to film to Holyrood would be an opportunity for Scotland's film industry, and, though a leap of faith, it's one that Scotland's people should take - here we publish in full this year's Forsyth Hardy lecture at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Scotland has been rejecting the Conservatives for almost all of the party's history yet has often been governed by them; independence will be bad for the Conservatives, and Labour offer no hope - three more of 40 reasons to support Scottish independence.
Independence offers Scots and Britons an opportunity to shift their self image from insular islanders to inhabitants of an Atlantic archipelago - and, in doing so, to remember the depth of injustice found in that ocean's history.
As technology makes the world flat, centralised unions are too cumbersome, while the prospect of the chance to write a new constitution in this new world is too important to reject.
Many countries have become independent in the last 100 years, few of their citizens regret it; and the union of 1707 has been replaced by larger collaborations as technology has brought the world closer together.
Ever more attempts to link the SNP to fascism and Nazism are a ludicrous sign of desperation.
A discussion in Edinburgh of what Scottish independence will mean for international development.
The whole world will feel the impact of Scottish independence, and the referendum debate must consider which result will be best not just for Scots, but for people everywhere.
A no vote brings with it constitutional wranglings in which, right now, Westminster is accentuating the positives and hiding the negatives under the carpet; while a yes vote brings Scots the chance to replace some more damaging stories about themselves.
The Britain establishment won't be able to confront the likes of UKIP until it recognises its own nationalism.
Join openDemocracy and Red Pepper in the Houses of Parliament on Thursday the 26th of June to hear some of the leading voices making the radical case for Scottish independence.
We can't let Westminster play political games with Scotland's renewable revolution, and Scotland has unique eco-systems, better protected by their own parliament.
