The timing of The Break-Up Of Britain conference is key, writes Peter McColl, co-director and organiser of the event...
THE timing of The Break-Up Of Britain conference is key, writes Peter McColl, co-director and organiser of the event...
The key lessons of Sturgeon’s sudden exit are nonetheless clear. The first is that independence is a long-term game. Keir Starmer, almost certain to be the next UK prime minister, is unequivocal about Labour’s status as a Unionist party. He is no more likely to compromise on a second Scottish ballot than Rishi Sunak. That means we have to steel ourselves for a 10 or 15-year fight – the British state is more resilient than we have thus far assumed.
Voters in every part of the UK suffer the effects of an intransigent political system that hoards wealth and power in the hands of a tiny southern elite. Scots need to join forces with progressive voices south of the Border and west of the Irish Sea. In the end, we will all benefit from the domino effects of devolution and far-reaching decentralisation
Over the summer, we brought together a line-up of speakers, including Lesley Riddoch, Caroline Lucas, Neal Ascherson, Joyce McMillan and Allan Little. In recent weeks, we have added more of the UK’s sharpest political commentators, among them Richard Seymour, Moya Lothian-McLean, Hannah Rose Woods and James Meadway.
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