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Wellbeing economics - the key to a 60% Yes vote for Scottish independence
A sixty percentage Yes vote is achievable - with the right economic approach. However, coronavirus changed everything; every rule of conservative economics has been shattered and the world is waking up to the need to truly build back better, to intertwine resilience, health, wellbeing and environmental sustainability into our socio-political approach. The old mantras of the left and right only...
Former Tory MSP: SNP could win legal bid to hold indyref2
It seems theTories are not entirely convinced by their own argument that the Scottish parliament has no legal authority to call indyref2 without Westminster agreement. Adam Tomkins, a former Conservative MSP and the John Millar Chair of Public Law at Glasgow University, has admitted that the courts could accept the Scottish parliament’s right to call the vote.That is in direct contradiction...
How Scotland beat the UK to produce a better, cheaper test and trace app
We have previously examined the many COVID-19 related disasters and the Westminster mismanagement that has been thrown into sharp focus by the pandemic. From mass PPE shortages to a multi-billion-pound app that failed, it is clear that an independent Scotland could have managed this crisis more effectively than has been possible as part of the UK.Throughout the pandemic the Scottish...
Poll reveals widespread UK support for Scotland's democratic right to indyref2
Voters in England back Scotland’s right to a second independence referendum, a new poll has found. Savanta ComRes polling for news and comment site Left Foot Forward shows that 38% of voters in England believe First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has the right to launch another referendum, compared to 34% who do not.The poll was carried out after the Scottish general election...
It's morning again in Scotland
This morning we woke up in a country where newly elected members of its parliament took their oath or affirmation in at least eight different languages from all over the world.They included Gaelic, Scots, Doric, Orcadian, German, Urdu, sign language and even Zimbabwean Shona.This morning we woke up in a country where its new parliament contains 58 women MSPs out...
Business backers double down for independence campaign fundraiser
Business backers of Scottish independence have contributed £50,000 in matching donations to an indyref2 fundraiser run by Believe in Scotland.Believe in Scotland is the largest and most active independence campaigning organisation and incorporates the business and economic wellbeing campaign group Business for Scotland. The organisation was awarded Independence Campaign of the Year (2020) by The National newspaper and the Scottish Independence Foundation after launching...
Beware UK media acting as Westminster Ministry of Propaganda
Just days after a historic Scottish election delivered an increased pro-independence majority and unequivocal democratic support for indyref 2 the British media has launched on onslaught of attacks arguing that the direct opposite happened.Here’s a quick summary of just some of the most recent headlines:1: The Independent’s Sean O’Grady insists independence is ‘dead in the water’.2: Former Tory Prime Minister...
Ten things you need to know about the Scottish election today
The polls have already opened on the most important vote impacting on Scotland’s independence since the 2014 referendum. That makes today’s general election one of the most important ever held.If it returns a majority of independence-supporting MSPs Nicola Sturgeon will push forward to hold a second referendum at some point in the parliamentary term.She hopes to do so in the...
Poll of Polls - SNP majority on a knife edge - Greens surging - Alba in trouble
There is a great deal of interest in tactical voting strategies for this Holyrood election amongst independence supporters. There is also a great deal of misinformation being spread about the likely outcome. Believe in Scotland is 100% political party neutral and does not support any specific party outcome. Our goal in compiling the poll of polls is to give people the...
Thousands rush to sign plea to EU to confirm indy Scotland can rejoin
Thousands of people have flocked to add their names to a letter urging the European Parliament to guarantee that an independent Scotland could rejoin the EU.The organisation Europe for Scotland published the letter just days ago. It had already been signed by 170 prominent culture figures in the UK and beyond.Since its publication almost 8000 people have...
Five reasons why unionist spin on economic reports about independent Scotland are nonsense
There’s no shortage of think tank reports emanating from south of the Border determined to portray the finances of an independent Scotland in as dismal a light as possible, all the better to convince us that a vote for independence would be economically disastrous.The latest has just been published by the Institute of Government and, true to form, it has...
NEWS - National billboard campaign points out that independence is normal
Press Release: Embargoed till 25/04/21Our NEW national billboard campaign is sending the message to Scotland that independence is normal and that independence is inevitable, because it’s backed by 72% of voters aged 16-34.This is the third Believe in Scotland billboard campaign which combined with our matching Facebook advertising campaign is estimated to have generated nearly 2m views. Previous messages focussed on...
New host and live audience dropped for second BBC election debate
The BBC has changed hosts and dropped live ‘virtual’ audience participation for its second party leaders’ election debate next week.The station’s first leaders’ debate attracted hundreds of complaints after the first three questions chosen from the audience were critical of a second independence referendum.Some of the 277 complainants also thought the debate’s host, BBC Scotland editor Sarah...
Only independence can make STUC's 367,000 green jobs a reality
A new report by the Scottish Trades Union Congress lays out how Scotland’s transition to a low-carbon economy could create up to 367,000 green jobs … but only if the right policies are adopted.The report presents a new vision of Scotland's potential, calls for a ‘fundamentally different approach’, examines how decarbonisation could transform different sectors of the economy and suggests...
Most people in UK oppose Boris Johnson bid to block indyref2
Boris Johnson’s determination to ignore democracy and attempt to stop a second referendum on Scottish independence is out of step with public opinion in the UK.A survey of more than 8,500 people by polling company Ipsos MORI has found more than half of people across the UK think Scotland should be able to hold indyef2 within five years if the...