"How British nationalism is taking the place of traditional unionism"
CCC Director Michael Keating spoke to @heraldscotland and featured in @thetimesscot discussing recent developments. Michael also featured in @pressjournal evaluating recent polls on Scottish independence 👇
"Should we stay or should we go? A tale of five referendums"
By looking back at referendums in the UK since 1975 @Coree_Brown asks if we need referendums to solve divisive constitutional questions, or is there an alternative?
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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