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Published in: openDemocracyUKIndependence without borders: foreword to "42 reasons to support Scottish independence"
Adam Ramsay's e-book, 42 reasons to support Scottish independence, is now available from Commonwealth Publishing....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKe-book: 42 reasons to support Scottish independence
The e-book, based on a series here on oD, is launched today - get your copy now.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFor everyone else in the UK (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 40)
Scottish independence would release the rest of the UK from post-imperial Britain and create an opportunity to build...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKChange vs more of the same (40 reasons to support Scottish independence, 39)
Independence offers a rare chance to change a British system built before anything to protect itself.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScottish nationalism or British nationalism? (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 38)
For all the problems with Scottish nationalism, is it as bad as British nationalism?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy stay in a club you wouldn't join? (40 reasons to support Scottish independence, 37)
The risks and downsides of remaining within the union are examined far less than the potential problems of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA blow to the British class system; look who is on each side (40 reasons to support Scottish independence, 35 & 36)
The British class system is built around Britain, and the most marginalised seem largely to support a yes vote:...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Tories and Labour (40 reasons to support Scottish independence, 32, 33 & 34)
Scotland has been rejecting the Conservatives for almost all of the party's history yet has often been governed by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNetworks defeat hierarchies; a new constitution (40 reasons to support Scottish independence, 30 & 31)
As technology makes the world flat, centralised unions are too cumbersome, while the prospect of the chance to write...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe path to independence is well trodden; the union of 1707 has been replaced (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 28 & 29)
Many countries have become independent in the last 100 years, few of their citizens regret it; and the union of 1707...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe uncertainty of no; new national stories (40 reasons to support Scottish independence; 26 & 27)
A no vote brings with it constitutional wranglings in which, right now, Westminster is accentuating the positives...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe environmental case for yes (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 24 & 25)
We can't let Westminster play political games with Scotland's renewable revolution, and Scotland has unique...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFaith, education, linguistics and diverging paths (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 22 & 23)
There are historic and cultural reasons for differences in attitudes in Scotland and England. As English politics...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA new nation or an old empire?; Trident: (40 reasons to support independence, 20 and 21)
Independent countries have more voice in the world, and any additional influence Britain has gained came down the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUnleash creative energy; save NHS Scotland: (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 18 & 19)
Scottish independence will unleash a creative energy and is needed to protect Scotland's NHS from the impacts of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIf you spend but don't collect taxes, you can't invest (40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 17)
Seperating tax collection and spending means that Holyrood can't invest in growing Scotland's tax base.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK40 reasons to support Scottish independence: reason 16: the flotilla effect and why smaller countries are richer
Small European countries tend to be more prosperous than big ones. Their governments can use economic policy more...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK40 reasons to support Scottish independence: reason 15: austerity
A no vote isn't a vote for stability. It's a vote to be part of the new, brutal Britain Osborne is building.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 12, 13, 14: the coming British crash
Remaining in the union doesn't mean a stable future, it means shackling Scotland to an economy that's heading...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK40 reasons to support Scottish independence: 9, 10, 11: The West Lothian question & problems with devo-max
9, 10 and 11 of 40 reasons to support Scottish independence - the West Lothian Question needs an answer, devo-max...
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