In response to Nicola Sturgeon’s proposals for a second referendum, Robin Harper, the former leader of the Scottish Greens, said: “We would be much better off talking about how to improve the performance of the UK through an all encompassing refresh of how our democracy works, and how we can improve it to serve all four UK administrations.”
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In a new comment piece published today in The Lancet, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and leading cancer specialist Professor David Kerr make the case for greater cooperation in health care provision in the UK.
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Here we go again? Probably not. Nicola Sturgeon has fired a starting gun, but aimed at whom? Not the people of Scotland, who are distinctly negative about a referendum soon, but her supporters who are keen on it. She knows 2023 won’t see a referendum.
Continue readingReality usually catches up with all of us, no matter how hard we try to explain things away. Governments too. Not even the SNP’s record amount of spin doctoring could disguise the harsh realities behind Kate Forbes’ spending announcement yesterday. Chickens are coming home to roost, and we are none of us going to like it.
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Prof Ronald MacDonald, chair of Our Scottish Future’s Economy Commission, in response the the Scottish Government’s resource spending review, says Scotland must cooperate to get growth.
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A new UK-wide video games network should be created by the UK’s governments to help turn Scotland’s gaming sector into a global “superpower”, a new paper by Our Scottish Future says.
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A new paper by Our Scottish Future today calls for bus travel to be radically overhauled, with maximum fares of £2 per urban journey, to support both the cost of living crisis and progress towards net zero.
Continue readingIn response to the Scottish Government’s plan for Economic Transformation, Professor Ronald MacDonald, the chairman of Our Scottish Future’s Economic Commission said: “This report provides a clear diagnosis of the problems facing the Scottish economy but, on solutions, it is simply a rehash of all the failed scripts we have seen since 2007.”
Continue readingIn response to the Scottish Government’s plan for Economic Transformation, Professor Ronald MacDonald, the chairman of Our Scottish Future’s Economic Commission said: “This report provides a clear diagnosis of the problems facing the Scottish economy but, on solutions, it is simply a rehash of all the failed scripts we have seen since 2007.”
Continue readingThe UK and Scottish Government must “join up to level up”, according to a new paper by Our Scottish Future released today. The paper proposes that the two governments agree a “Framework for Reducing Inequality” based on the agreements Edinburgh and London struck on powers returning to the UK after Brexit.
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