Media Digest

September 2021

Charity could consider legal action against UK Government over compulsory election ID

A Scottish disability charity will consider joining forces with other human rights organisations to take legal action against “discriminatory” and “disproportionate” proposals for compulsory photo ID made in the UK Government’s Election Bill, The Ferret has learned. [Karin Goodwin, theferret.scot]

No 10 wargaming to stop Nicola Sturgeon using Cop26 as ‘advert’ for Scottish independence

No 10 has been plotting how to cut Nicola Sturgeon out of Cop26 to prevent the first minister stealing the limelight, The Independent can reveal.

August 2021

Demographics of Independence

Common Weal has just published a 2021 edition of our Demographics of Independence series. In these Craig has been gathering all of the publicly-available data on public attitudes to Scottish independence since 2014 and doing a data analysis on them. The report has a very readable analysis of the findings, but what does it mean for campaigning?

New Scots Win Independence

Ellen Dalzell says the new demographics of independence data now available to all of us clearly tells a rather uncomfortable, surprising and radically different story: supporters aren’t as clear as we thought they were. Instead it’s diversity that is currently on track to be the saving grace for Scottish independence.

February 2021

Scotland reaps dividend of Covid response that diverged from England’s

It’s worth taking a few minutes to read the Financial Times assessment of how by locking down earlier and prioritising care home vaccinations we’ve saved lives here in Scotland.

Brexit: Ending the City’s Dominance of European Finance?

The future of the financial services industry – centred in the City of London – matters enormously to the health of the United Kingdom’s economy. The Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) has few provisions on financial services and the UK now appears set to drive a wedge between EU and British rules so it can “benefit” from its new-found Brexit freedom. In reality, this “wedge” is unlikely to benefit the economic prospects of the City or the United Kingdom.

Update on The Scottish People Vs The UK Government on Indyref2

I am pleased to confirm that Lord Malcolm has ruled on the motion for urgent disposal and has agreed that the hearings before the inner house should take place before the elections, ruling in our favour. Hearings are likely to take place in the 1st week of April, but I shall update you when I know for sure.

Martin Keatings
Crowd Justice, Forward as One