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  • September 18, 2014
    Scotland's referendum likely to break voting records

    A busy start to voting in Scotland's independence referendum today indicates that predictions of a high turnout will be confirmed.

  • September 18, 2014
    It's about justice and democracy, not nationalism

    One of the most ingrained, and mistaken, ideas about the 'Yes' side of the Scottish independence referendum is that, as a friend from England wrote to me, "really its all about nationalism, identity and flag-waving."

  • September 17, 2014
    Contrasting final referendum pitches from Scotland's politicians

    The different approaches of the Yes and No campaigns have been on display in the final appeals to voters in Scotland.

  • September 17, 2014
    The Debatable Lands and the last hours of #indyref

    As the child of a north Cumbrian family, all of whom are addicted to story, the Debatable Lands have always made an appeal to my imagination.

  • September 15, 2014
    Will a Yes vote in Scotland mean the end of Trident?

    I wrote yesterday, 16 September 2014, about attitudes in England towards the Scottish referendum.(http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/20831) England, Wales and Northern Ireland – as well as places further afield – will be affected by the result. Like many English people hoping for a Yes vote, I’m motivated mainly by a desire to get rid of Trident.

  • September 14, 2014
    English people and the Scottish referendum

    I've been wary of blogging about Scottish independence, not least because I'm well aware of how many English people are writing about it in a way that implies they know more than the Scots. It seems that the referendum debate is engaging thousands of people in Scotland who were previously seen as apolitical. I don't doubt that they know more about the issues than commentators in London.

  • September 14, 2014
    Scotland: towards a more just and fair society

    An independent Scotland could be the start of something even bigger: disaffected voters in England, Wales and Northern Ireland motivated to find a different society, say Molly and John Harvey, senior church figures in Scotland. They write with only days to go before the historic referendum on self-government.

  • September 13, 2014
    We trust the big banks caught fiddling… but not the people?

    One of the big last-ditch Scottish referendum pitches by the three dominant Westminster parties and their friends in the City of London is to appeal to voters to reject self-government and instead accept the opinion and sway of the giant transnational banks – the likes of Goldman Sachs, J P Morgan and Deutsche Bank.

  • September 7, 2014
    Yes or No, the UK will change for ever on 19 September

    Whatever the result announced on the morning of 19 September, the constituent countries of the United Kingdom will never be the same again. The poll published yesterday (6 September), which
    for the first time, placed the Yes campaign in the lead, produced a flurry of activity and comment on both sides of the debate. Those coming from Better Together' revealed an unedifying sense of panic.

  • August 21, 2014
    Falmouth's rejection of Trident echoes Scottish opposition

    CND has welcomed political opponents uniting to reject Falmouth as an alternative to the Clyde nuclear warhead depot.