18th September 2024 Comment
Economic issues Expectations of constitutional change
One of the key debates during the campaign for the 2014 independence referendum, whose 10th anniversary is marked today, was about the implications of independence for Scotland’s membership of the EU. ‘Yes’ campaigners argued that the country would be able seamlessly to remain part of the EU. ‘No’ advocates, in contrast, argued Scotland would have […]
15th September 2024 Scotland Question
Expectations of constitutional change
17th January 2024 Comment
Economic issues Expectations of constitutional change
Brexit means that the choice facing voters in another referendum on independence would be fundamentally different from that in 2014. In that referendum, a vote to remain part of the Union was also a vote to remain a member of the EU. Now, given that the Scottish National Party says that an independent Scotland would […]
20th June 2023 Scotland Question
Expectations of constitutional change Policy issues