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Polling News: Yes support unchanged from October 2022 according to BIS-commissioned poll

  A Panelbase poll conducted on behalf of Believe in Scotland has found 48% of respondents in support of Yes,…
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Top lawyer: UK refusal to negotiate with Scotland on independence “undemocratic”

  Rising star in the field of Scottish and UK law Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, who is a fellow at Princeton in…
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Ten things you need to know about the Supreme Court judgment – and the response

  The UK Supreme Court judgment that the Scottish government doesn’t have the legal right to hold a referendum is…
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Two-thirds of Scots think the UK will not exist in ten years, Ipsos polling shows

  Almost two-thirds of Scots say the UK will break up within a decade, and half think it will take…
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Labour will collapse in polls (again) if party won’t support Scotland’s right to self-determination

  As the UK Labour conference gets underway the party is again hopeful that it will, for the first time…
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Five Reasons Scotland can be confident of rejoining the EU

As Scotland reboots its independence campaign, the European situation has changed in major respects since 2014. Here are some of…
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“Scottish democracy can’t be a prisoner of Boris Johnson or any other Prime Minister”

  Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced in Parliament today that there will be a second independence referendum to be…
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Ten reasons Scotland can’t afford to stay in the UK any longer

  Campaigners for the union try to make people fear that independence somehow risks damaging Scotland’s prosperity. Indeed, it sometimes…
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Why Quebec’s independence dream went wrong –  lessons for Scotland

  Between 1990 and 2005, about 50% of people in Quebec said they wanted independence from Canada. But since then,…
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Believe in Scotland – Regional Pages

  Believe in Scotland has launched a regional network of Facebook pages. The aim of these pages is to support…
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