Isolation Insight - The Scottish Parliament election

The upcoming Scottish Parliament election could have a critical impact on the future of the Union, with the issue of independence dominating the election campaign, alongside Covid-19 recovery. Currently, polls suggest there will be another pro-independence majority in the parliament.

Speakers are:

Professor Nicola McEwen, Co-Director, Centre on Constitutional Change and Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe
Professor John Curtice, Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe
Kenny Farquharson, Columnist, The Times
Professor Ailsa Henderson, Principal Investigator for the Scottish Election Study
Chair: Paula Surridge, Deputy Director, UK in a Changing Europe

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[ec]

Independence from uk. Scotland is much better off !!!

[johnkelly]

You've got to be daft to want to stay in this Tory Union. Independence has its risks. But we Scots are hard working, innovative and enterprising. Our neighbours are prosperous and happy. We too can make it. At least lets give ourselves a chance, and have another independence referendum. Sometimes we need to be brave. This is one of those times.

[johnkelly]

If we stay in the UK we get more Trident; more unjust and insane wars; more austerity; more economic instability; less human rights, more inequality; more unemployment and zero hours contracts; more child poverty; and less equality of opportunity. We get a City of London taking gargantuan risks, but unlike the buccaneers of old they are not going down with their ship, they expect the taxpayer to pick up the tab. We get governed by a tiny corporate, social and political oligarchy pushing a soft fascist agenda.

[sisiphas]

Thé Scottish government have by any marker nor managed well the areas they are responsible for. They have a great get out - what works well they take the credit for, what works less well the blame ‘Westminster’ for!!!! They won’t win a referendum

[danielwebb]

As they do mention, fact the SNP polls higher than other parties on education is shocking. Ironically, is clearly a sign of people not being intelligent enough to know Scotland's performance here is deteriorating relative to rest of the UK.