In 2014 @David_Cameron thought that a referendum should be held in light of the majority @theSNP won in 2011. Of course, the context is quite different now – Cameron expected the pro-Union side to win comfortably when the 2014 #referendum was agreed
the fact that support for #independence has remained consistent at around (and at times above) the level of the 45% @YesScot vote in 2014 means that granting a referendum would now be a far riskier proposition for an avowedly unionist Prime Minister.
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'Scotland's New Choice' Independence after Brexit' our NEW ebook from 25 leading academics examining what independence would mean for #Scotland after #Brexit and #COVID19
➡ the process of independence
➡ the economics of independence
➡ the implications on politics & society
➡ the international aspects
➡ the view of independence from elsewhere
2/ Michael Keating begins, the internal market is, in many ways, a way of replicating what exists to faciliate the European single market. Two options are available: a single standard or principle of mutual recognition
3/ No internal market covers everything, how do we determine the exceptions? The EU operates under a very broad principle, allowing governments to override for public policy objectives. The UK Bill is much more narrowly defined.
CCC Co-Director Nicola McEwen also discusses the proposals set out in the UK Government's white paper on the internal market and explains how these could have a profound impact on devolution in the UK
As Boris Johnson visits Scotland today, how might he make the case for the Union? CCC Fellows @DaniCetra and @Coree_Brown explored this issue in recent publications