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How the UK’s energy policy hurts Scottish business
Scotland is an energy-rich nation, yet Scottish businesses face the highest energy costs in the developed world. That simple fact is holding back growth, investment and jobs.
England can keep the House of Lords - as part of an independent English Parliament
Labour have decided to put the decision to get rid of the Lords in the hands of the Lords - we wonder what the outcome of that will be?
In one more betrayal to add to more than a century of broken promises, Keir Starmer has just announced that instead of abolishing the unelected Upper House, he will form a committee. Of members of the Lords, to consider the issue. The Lords committee will take at least a year and probably much, much longer to debate its own future.
There is a new path to independence opening up - Let's take it
By Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
A perfect storm is coming for the Union, one it won't survive. There will be many twists and turns on the road but even as we head into the most unpredictable Holyrood election in history - it seems very likely that the SNP will be the largest party and be able to form the next Scottish Government. Regardless of what you personally think of the SNP - without an SNP led Government, independence is off the agenda for a long time.
UK gov lies about Scottish Water exposed
The UK’s former environment secretary risked “misleading the public” by repeatedly attacking Scotland’s water quality and insisting it was inferior to England’s, a watchdog has ruled.
Believe in Scotland reported last month that UK Environment Secretary Steve Reed stated - wrongly - that publicly owned Scottish water was performing worse than England’s scandal-hit private firms. His lies were platformed unchallenged by Channel Four News - which did not fact-check or correct the misleading claims.
Westminster wants to force nuclear sites on Scotland to supply England’s energy
Scotland already has the capacity to produce more electricity than it needs - yet Westminster wants to turn our countryside into a nuclear export zone for England.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has instructed GB Energy to start scouting Scottish sites for new nuclear power stations. Torness and Hunterston have been named.
i-GERS: The Report to End the Union’s Biggest Economic Lie
By Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
The GERS report simply demonstrates the damage the Union does to Scotland's economy. Our proposal, i-GERS, will demonstrate the brighter future independence brings. Let's flip the numbers in Scotland’s favour.
GERS is not Scotland’s balance sheet - it is an accounting statement of the damage done to our economy by Westminster.
GB Energy’s broken promises = the Union in miniature
Before the last general election, Labour’s headline promise to Scotland was a publicly owned energy company based in Scotland that would cut bills, create jobs, and supercharge renewables. A year later there are just 13 jobs in Aberdeen. Here we look at what was promised and how those promises are being broken.
Scottish customers are being ripped off by the UK energy system
Scotland generates an abundance of cheap, clean power. Scotland’s renewable energy costs about one-third of the price of fossil fuel-based electricity to make. Every year, we generate enough cheap renewable energy to cover Scotland’s needs. Yet our bills are sky high!
Independence Campaign 2025 Annual Review
A New Step Towards Independence and a First Step Towards Unity: Believe in Scotland and SNP Sign Working Agreement
An exciting first step to a stronger Yes movement - BiS is reaching out across the Yes movement to Reset. Reunite. Rebuild and Win.
Believe in Scotland and the SNP sign a working agreement, here is everything you need to know:
Media Watch: BBC Scotland Called Out On Anti-Scotrail Spin
BBC Scotland slapped a photo of Edinburgh Waverley above the headline “Britain’s worst major train stations for cancellations.” The unmistakable visual cue: Scotland = worst.
Except it isn’t.
It is time to i-Switch
Scotland pays too much for its own energy!
It’s time for i-Switch
Scottish energy bills are amongst the highest in the world. Scotland generates abundant low cost renewable power, but unfair pricing means you pay more than most of the UK.
The i-Switch guarantees massive savings because without the high cost UK energy market, prices would be far lower
Farage Will Burn Down the Union
Nigel Farage is leading in UK wide polls, but not in Scotland. The prospect of Farage entering Downing Street with a massive majority is no longer a far-fetched sideshow; it may happen.
2025 Movement Survey Results: Leading the Campaign You Asked For
Believe in Scotland surveyed 7,200+ independence supporters and asked them how they wanted us to campaign. We asked respondents to list their top priorities and many great ideas emerged, but several clear themes stood out.
2025 Movement Survey Results: How Should an Independent Scotland Select its Head of State?
Our 2025 Big Indy Movement Survey confirms that support for a Scottish Republic is strong among independence supporters but how should an independent Scotland's Head of State be selected?
In July 2025, Believe in Scotland ran its annual Big Indy Movement Survey and a record 7,226 Independence supporters responded.
We already know that support for the monarchy has fallen in Scotland since the death of Queen Elizabeth. And In late 2024, Believe in Scotland commissioned a poll, conducted by Norstat, which showed that the option of an independent Scotland that is also a Republic pushes support for independence up 5 points from the basic Yes/No question.