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  One of the undoubted successes for Edinburgh achieved by effective campaigning was the decision to establish the headquarters of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) in Edinburgh. Like all successful initiatives, the GIB was claimed as an achievement across the … Continue reading →

©Debating Europe 2017 This article was first published in NewEuropeans.net  on 5 January 2017: see here: https://neweuropeans.net/article/1655/eu-citizens-must-keep-right-vote Many EU citizens living in the UK have expressed their concern about their right to continue to live and work here when and … Continue reading →

The publication of the Scottish Government’s options for Scotland’s relations with Europe post-Brexit drew predictable responses, not least within Scottish Labour. Although Kezia Dugdale wisely responded that by saying she would consider the proposals carefully, some of the more gung-ho … Continue reading →

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale’s backing for a people’s constitutional convention to transform the UK into a federal state is yet more evidence of the growing recognition of the need for fundamental constitutional change. It follows similar proposals from Gordon … Continue reading →

Not surprisingly, many commentators have simplified Sunday’s votes as meaning Austria: pro-EU and good; Italy: anti-EU and bad. I draw different conclusions from these results. First, all the reports suggest that the biggest factors in the Italian referendum were anti-government feeling, coupled … Continue reading →

The result of the European referendum posed an immediate dilemma for those, like myself, who believe that the best future for Scotland is to remain in both the European Union and the union with the rest of the UK. It … Continue reading →