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  The last few years have seen a sustained attack on the powers of the Scottish Parliament from Westminster. In a paper called “Devolution Since the Brexit Referendum”, Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson looks in detail at what has taken place. Here are three key takeaways from the paper.  #1 Breaking the rules – The Sewel […]The post Three Ways Westminster Has Weakened the...

  Today the Scottish Government released its fourth paper in the ‘Building a New Scotland’ series. This paper covered the constitutional future of an independent Scotland. Following independence, Scotland would move away from the UK constitutional system by adopting a written, codified constitution, enshrining the rights of all citizens and describing the powers and limitations […]...

Recent scaremongering headlines in newspapers claim – misleadingly – that Scotland has an issue with “raw sewage being dumped in rivers”. There is only one problem – it is not ‘raw sewage’ and it is not being ‘dumped’ –  it is almost entirely rainwater that is deliberately led back into the rivers to avoid flooding. […]The post Media watch –...

  Scottish Secretary Alister Jack is just one of around 50 people who are expected to receive the sham title of ‘Lord’ in Boris Johnson’s so-called resignation ‘honours’ list.  The House of Lords is already an undemocratic sham but this new list which includes lacklustre MPs like Nadine Dorries, rewarded for her fawning loyalty and […]The post Johnson’s Dishonours...

“We have not delivered on Brexit… the Tories have let us down very, very badly”. Arch Brexiteer Nigel Farage’s words on Newsnight this week have caused tremors across the UK’s political landscape. Farage and his party UKIP were hugely prominent and influential in selling Brexit to voters. Scotland didn’t fall for it – but it […]The post Finally even Farage admits Brexit has...

  Local elections in England last week were marred by voters getting turned away from the polls – or deciding to stay at home because of the new voter ID requirements. This has suppressed voter turnout – as Believe in Scotland predicted. There is no total figure for voter turnout yet (although many local authorities […]The post How to stop Voter ID rules undermining...

  Scotland and England were releasing different figures until now Scotland and England have been measuring wait times in A&E differently – Scotland’s figures are from “time of arrival” but England’s NHS only started the clock from the time of “decision to admit” – that is not what most people mean when they talk about […]The post Mediawatch – Media...

  Who do you want to represent Scotland internationally – unelected peers or democratic representatives?  Who has the right to represent Scotland’s interests abroad? Is it elected representatives such as Angus Robertson – or unelected Conservative donors such as ‘lord’ Malcolm Offord? Many will ask – what possible right does Malcolm Offord have to represent...

  Recent polling shows support for ‘Yes’ to independence is holding steady at 48%, even as the SNP as a political party has lost some ground. It is good news for the independence movement – although it means that independence support is not as closely linked to SNP support as it used to be.  That […]The post Good news for the independence movement as “Yes”...

  Those who have been warning that the UK government is planning to undermine and attack the powers of the Scottish Parliament got further confirmation this week from “lord” David Frost in a column in the Daily Telegraph. Frost is an unelected member of the Westminster Parliament who has held several ministerial posts including that […]The post Media Watch – Unionists...

  It has been a good couple of weeks for Scottish sport, first the mens Football team beat Spain 2-0 and then the Scotland Men’s Curling team won a historic World Cup victory over the weekend, an event which took place at 9 pm UK time and like the football was not televised in Scotland. […]The post Scotland sports fans “let down” and “disadvantaged” by UK braodcasting...

  There are few countries in the world with anything like Scotland’s long history of nationhood which are NOT independent. Scotland emerged as a kingdom in the 9th century and remained as an independent sovereign state until 1707, when it entered into the Treaty of Union.  Looking at global examples is not meant to provide […]The post Building a better future – lessons on...

  The UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has decided to extend the current cap on energy prices for another three months – but that is not enough to help Scottish families who have to pay over the odds to heat their homes.  The headline figure says that this will keep average bills at £2,500 a year […]The post Energy freeze won’t cool Scotland’s anger over energy rip-off...

  A poll conducted by Panelbase for Believe in Scotland of over 2,000 Scottish residents, aged 16+ conducted has shown that 56% of Scottish voters would support Scottish independence if the Scottish Government put a Wellbeing Economic Approach at the heart of its economic plans for an independent Scotland. A plan that recognises that quality […]The post Poll – Two policies that...

  The mainstream news media is reporting that fresh vegetable shortages in British supermarkets are caused by “bad weather in Spain and Morocco”. But Brexit is a big factor – it has disrupted Britain’s supply chains and is reducing food production in the UK.  Social media is awash with photos of groaning shelves in European […]The post 10 reasons why Brexit is behind...

  A PanelBase poll conducted on behalf of Believe in Scotland has found 48% of respondents in support of Yes, the same as polls in October 2022, despite alleged ‘setbacks’ for the independence campaign. These results show that with a concentrated effort by the independence movement and the Scottish Government to put the focus back […]The post Polling News: Yes support unchanged...

  A large scale poll by Believe in Scotland conducted by Panelbase has found a two thirds majority of support amongst Scottish voters for an independent Scotland to rejoin the EU.  The poll of 2,006 people also found independence support to be at 48%. This is an increase from a similar sized recent Lord Ashcroft […]The post Poll shows 68% of voters want an independent Scotland to...

  On Saturday 18th February, 241 voting delegates from 126 local and national Yes groups joined the Scottish Independence Congress hosted by Believe in Scotland. This was the biggest ever meeting of Yes Group organisers. Delegates met to discuss and agree on the next steps for the Yes movement and what the strategy for achieving […]The post 70% of Yes Group organisers say Westminster...

  Saturday’s Scottish Independence Congress will be the biggest ever gathering of Yes Group organisers. More than 200 delegates from around 100 Yes Groups have registered to attend the congress.  The growing success of this event (registration opening only two weeks ago) serves to prove that the grassroots independence campaign is getting ready for a […]The post 200+...