Our economy conference in Edinburgh yesterday set out a clear prize for Scotland: get growth rates back up to historically high levels and we have the chance of eradicating deep poverty in the country.
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Better Jobs, Better Skills, Better Pay
Details of our Better Jobs, Better Skills, Better Pay conference
Continue readingClosing Scotland’s Implementation Gap – Slides
The slides used in the presentation of our new report, “A Little Less Conversation: Closing Scotland’s Implementation Gap” at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the 1st November 2023
Continue readingDiversity United
Don’t fret about Scotland booing the National Anthem; instead let’s embrace our diversity.
Continue readingSceptical Scotland Awaits a Positive Plan
A prize awaits parties which can lift Scotland out of its pessimism towards politics, the polling by Our Scottish Future indicates.
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Our weekly newsletter. This week: What we can learn from Kezia Dugdale.
Continue readingGERS: What You Need To Know
GERS figures: What they mean and what you need to know.
Continue readingNo, The UK Is Not a Unitary State
There’s been some pretty chaotic debate in the last week about the nature of Scotland’s place in the UK and relationship with it.
Continue readingAngus MacNeil and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Instead the SNP relied too heavily on boosterism; on a belief that if desirable things we said often enough, they would magically happen. It relied too heavily on events, expecting events to continue to go in its favour. But then they stopped doing so. Then Nicola quit. And the camper van story came along. And lacking even the comfort of a strong leader in whom to believe, the party is now turning in on itself.
Continue readingTime For The SNP To Dump Its Euro Fairy Tales
The SNP’s truth-avoidance on the EU insults our intelligence: a better path for pro-EU Scots is to work now to strengthen our ties with the continent
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