In Scotland, we’re still stuck behind our No and Yes labels. But is the lesson from the Lineker furore that there might just be a shared future for progressive allies?
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New FM Offers Chance for “Reset”
The new First Minister and the Prime Minister can press the ‘reset’ button and seek to deliver more together on jobs, health and climate change in Scotland, a paper by Our Scottish Future argues today.
Continue readingSturgeon’s Resignation Gives Scotland a Chance to End the Political Poison
A queue of people see opportunities in Nicola Sturgeon’s departure. The real opportunity however comes not from her departure but its underlying cause. Scottish politics, locked in the endless Groundhog Day of Yes or No, may be ready to move on.
Continue readingA Plan to Change Britain
Our Scottish Future Chair Professor Jim Gallagher delivered a key note lecture last week on the proposals by the Commission on the Future of the UK, published by Gordon Brown in December.
The plans drew on extensive research by Our Scottish Future as part of our efforts to build a new and positive plan for a changed UK.
The full text of the lecture, “Where now for the British constitution? Evaluating Labour’s constitutional proposals” can be read here.
It was given at St Andrew’s University.
Scotland Needs to Find a Better Way Than The SNP’s Brexit-Style Referendum
As the Scottish Parliament debates Indyref2, Prof Jim Gallagher says Scotland needs to find a better, more consensus-driven, way forward
Continue readingThe Future of the UK a Game Changer for Scottish Politics
Labour’s Commission on the Future of the UK could be a game changer for Scottish politics. Instead of a zero sum, yes/no constitutional argument, an alternative choice of better shared government in a radically changed Britain.
Continue readingA Long Road Back But We Can Travel In Hope – Scotland’s Brexit Journey
Comment from Professor David Kerr on the BBC story revealing how NHS leaders are discussing abandoning the founding principles of the service.
Continue readingWishful Thinking and Economic Policy
Wishful thinking and economic policy don’t mix. Just ask Liz Truss, and Kwasi Kwarteng. Wishful thinking is all over the SNP’s latest economic argument for Scottish independence as well, only much more of it.
Continue readingScotland Deserves Better Than Two Bad Choices
Scotland should not be forced into deciding between two bad choices. There should instead be a more hopeful vision of an empowered Scotland within a reformed Union.
Continue reading3 Failures of Cooperation – And How Collaboration Can Save The Future
Recently our politics has been defined by opposition, with political combat between countries, parties and individuals becoming the norm. This lack of political cooperation at all levels benefits no one, and we are now seeing the results play out with devastating consequences.
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