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Stopping Westminster's Brexit Powergrab
The Scottish parliament is under attack from Westminster. In 2014 Scotland was promised it would become an equal partner in the Union if it rejected independence.Instead we were dragged out of Europe against our will and are now seeing essential powers being stripped from our parliament.Brexit was a clear message from Westminster to Scotland. It proved that Scotland could not trust...
Why do you #BelieveinScotland ?
Believe in Scotland's hugely successful Autumn of Indy action comes to an end this weekend with a week of digital campaigning. Please join is as we would like as many independence supporters as possible to join in and share our campaign messages on social media. What is the Autumn of Indy Action?On September 18th our autumn campaign kicked off with...
What the Scottish Budget means for the Wellbeing agenda
Yesterday’s Scottish Budget included a raft of Wellbeing initiatives among its plans for economic recovery and support for business as Scotland looks ahead to a wider emergence from the pandemic .Believe in Scotland has argued that Wellbeing should be at the core of rebuilding our economy in the wake of the pandemic. Indeed 'Independence Through Wellbeing' was...
Most UK voters support indyref2 being held before 2024
MOST voters in the UK who expressed a view in a new poll said they support a second referendum on Scottish independence being held before 2024.The Savanta ComRes poll found that, with undecided voters taken out, 54% supported indyref 2 being held during the current term of the Scottish parliament, with 46% against. Taking undecided voters into account 37% of...
More good news in poll which showed Yes support soar to 55%
The Ipsos MORI poll which yesterday showed support for Yes increase to 55% contained other good news for independence supporters.There was, for instance, a detailed breakdown of how strong support for Yes was in a range of different age groups. Every group except the oldest – over 55 – showed a majority likely to vote for independence.Support was strongest in...
55% Yes ... independence support surges during our Autumn of Independence campaign
The first poll on Scottish independence after the majority of Believe in Scotland’s Autumn of Indy Action campaign has been implemented shows support for Yes significantly increasing to 55%.Excluding don’t knows, the poll - carried out by Ipsos MORI for STV during November - suggests if indyref2 was held now the 2014 result could be reversed.The 55% Yes support is...
Scotland's links to Flanders ... post Brexit buddies looking for independence trade
Flanders has extended the hand of friendship to an independent Scotland by focusing on the ‘enormous opportunity’ of a trading partnership.The minister-president of Flanders, Jan Jambon, has said that ports in his region should start preparing as soon as possible for trade with an independent Scotland.Our ports must be ready to become at that time [after Scottish independence] the main...
Rebuilding Scotland: an independent nation reflecting our shared values on wellbeing.
Socialism and Capitalism are dead, they are last centuries outdated ideas. Each has failed because of growing political tribalism, left and right grew so far apart in the 80s that the political elites realised they could rule from the centre-ground. Empty slogans took over, New Labour, Caring Capitalism - they failed because populism is an empty promise. Populism couldn't deliver...
Massive pro-indy newspaper print run completed ... now for delivery to one million homes
THE massive job of printing one million pro-independence newspapers produced in a joint project by Believe in Scotland, The National newspaper and the SNP has finished … and now the huge task of distributing them begins.Copies of the eight-page special newspaper will now be delivered by volunteers to a million homes across Scotland.It’s a mind-boggling operation which brings the most...
Inspirational new indyref2 message to reach 1 million homes in November
For the last month Believe in Scotland have been working in partnership with the SNP and The National to produce an 8-page newspaper that will be distributed to more than 1 million homes across Scotland in NovemberThis is a co-branded initiative with the three main partners coming together to rethink and reposition independence in the minds of the undecided. This...
Pioneering North Sea renewables project unveiled at COP 26
Offshore wind resources in the North Sea will create thousands of jobs and boost Scotland ‘s ambitions to be a world leader in renewable energy through a plan unveiled at COP 26 in Glasgow.The Northern Horizons Project will use floating offshore wind turbines to produce green hydrogen which could fuel vehicles or be used in fuel cells to generate electricity...
Jeremy Corbyn adds to pressure on Labour to back indyref2
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has added his name to those within the party who believe it should rethink its opposition to a second referendum on Scottish independence.Labour’s current leader Keir Starmer and Scottish leader Anas Sarwar are both opposed to indyref2, continuing the anti-independence stance the party took as a partner in Better Together at the first referendum in...
200 No to Yes voters tell us why they now believe in Scotland
Believe in Scotland surveyed 3,226 Yes supporters to take the temperature of the movement on a few key issues and we published the overall results last week. Roughly 6% of the respondents who would now vote Yes said that they voted No in 2014.We asked them; If you voted 'No' in 2014 but would now vote Yes to Scottish independence, what...
Believe in Scotland's Big Indy Poll Results
Believe in Scotland surveyed 3,226 Yes supporters in order to take the temperature of the movement on a few key issues and this is what they told us.In a nutshell the 3,226 independence supporters who responded believe that: There will be a referendum before the end of 2023 Spring 2023 is the most popular date for indyref2 The SNP/Green alliance in...
Revealed: UK's paltry pension can't provide even the most basic standard of living
The UK state pension is not big enough to support the bare minimum standard of living for a single person, according to a new report. And it warns that a quarter of employees are not on track to be able to afford it.The Retirement Living Standards report published by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association estimates that a single...