Scotland Can Archives | Our Scottish Future https://ourscottishfuture.org/category/scotland-can/ The positive and progressive case for Scotland’s place in the Union Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:31:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://ourscottishfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-87851772_135948534617835_7452483147276484608_o-32x32.png Scotland Can Archives | Our Scottish Future https://ourscottishfuture.org/category/scotland-can/ 32 32 188273756 The Knowledge We Need https://ourscottishfuture.org/the-knowledge-we-need/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-knowledge-we-need Wed, 24 Jan 2024 02:34:28 +0000 https://ourscottishfuture.org/?p=7255 Shifting to a more knowledge-based curriculum is the only way Scottish schools can recover from the decline in standards, writes Lindsay Paterson.

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]]> 7255 “The Scottish Parliament has been only a partial success, certainly less successful than campaigners hoped for at the onset in 1997. It can do better.” https://ourscottishfuture.org/the-scottish-parliament-has-been-only-a-partial-success-certainly-less-successful-than-campaigners-hoped-for-at-the-onset-in-1997-it-can-do-better/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scottish-parliament-has-been-only-a-partial-success-certainly-less-successful-than-campaigners-hoped-for-at-the-onset-in-1997-it-can-do-better Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:10:28 +0000 https://ourscottishfuture.org/?p=7130 Nigel Smith was “the most influential campaigner you’ve never heard of” and one of the architects of devolution. Two years after his untimely passing, his family have published his thoughts on the Scottish Parliament’s record – and how we can revive the “new politics”.

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]]> 7130 We Have a Scottish Book Town. Why Not More? https://ourscottishfuture.org/we-have-a-scottish-book-town-why-not-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-have-a-scottish-book-town-why-not-more Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:10:21 +0000 https://ourscottishfuture.org/?p=7124 The question is begged: if it worked for Wigtown, could it not work elsewhere too?

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]]> 7124 Experimenting with drugs https://ourscottishfuture.org/experimenting-with-drugs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=experimenting-with-drugs Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:10:14 +0000 https://ourscottishfuture.org/?p=7118 There are lots of people in Scotland who know what they’re doing. The Scottish government need to give them money and get out of the way.

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]]> 7118 Our Politics Has to Rise to the Occasion https://ourscottishfuture.org/our-politics-has-to-rise-to-the-occasion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-politics-has-to-rise-to-the-occasion Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:10:07 +0000 https://ourscottishfuture.org/?p=7111 Campaigning during May’s local elections, I found myself at the door of a small terraced house in Glasgow. The conversation I had with the woman who lived there, her children peeking round her legs to see who was at the door, has stayed with me in the months since.

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]]> 7111 How To Fix The Energy Crisis https://ourscottishfuture.org/how-to-fix-the-energy-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-fix-the-energy-crisis Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:09:59 +0000 https://ourscottishfuture.org/?p=7098 There’s nothing stopping Scotland from having lower energy bills and a carbon neutral future. To do so, we to need reform Britain’s energy union - not end it.

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]]> 7098 The UK remains our best opportunity to contribute to the world https://ourscottishfuture.org/the-uk-remains-our-best-opportunity-to-contribute-to-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-uk-remains-our-best-opportunity-to-contribute-to-the-world Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:09:34 +0000 https://ourscottishfuture.org/?p=7092 For those of us who believe in our responsibility as global citizens, the UK represents our best vehicle for influencing progressive change in the world.

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