How times have changed
That was a belief we all lived with. The Tories boasted of being the party of law and order, upholders of the rule of law, guardians of the unwritten British constitution, a world power...
Category: Independence
The currency question
And when the Westminster ‘No’ often doesn’t mean ‘No’. Unionists insisting Scotland would not be allowed another independence referendum have recently appeared to change their tune, now wanting to decide the franchise for indyre2...
Is Scotland really unique? – Part 3
Part 3 of the response by Margaret Johnstone to Gerry Hassan’s article in The National, on those who voted No in 2014. Now to try and address some point made by Gerry’s focus group....
Is Scotland really unique? – Part 2
Part 2 of the response by Margaret Johnstone to Gerry Hassan’s article in The National, on those who voted No in 2014. Change is a constant Why do we want to change our system...
Is Scotland really unique? – Part 1
A response by Margaret Johnstone to Gerry Hassan’s recent article in The National, on those who voted No in 2014. Gerry Hassan’s article records the views of a number of people in a focus...
Estonia – a country with a sense of common purpose
Estonia: A country that aims to be ‘the best version of itself in the world’. Phantom Power has produced the first in a series of videos on other countries. The first – Scotland Calling…Estonia...
R B Cunninghame Graham – Aristocrat, socialist and anti-imperialist
In five 1999 BBC Radio Scotland programmes, now on YouTube, Billy Kay celebrates the fascinating life of RB Cunninghame Graham, one of the most influential Scots of the 19th and 20th centuries, and a...
A willingness to help and support a new state
How will an independent Scotland join the European Union? Expert Dr Kirsty Hughes on Skotia!Director of the Scottish Centre on European Relations Dr Kirsty Hughes explains the process and challenges for independent Scottish membership...
Passport controls and watchtowers?
We can all remember the gnashing of teeth, hand-wringing and crocodile tears, the assertions that family members would overnight become foreigners, and that heavily armed watch towers and miles of barbed wire fencing would...
The Tweed to Unst are the borderlands
The Common Weal Policy Podcast, episode 37 with special guest Bill Austen on policy and customs. Listen to Dr Craig Dalzell, Head of Policy and Research at Common Weal talk to Bill Austin, a...
