the union's greatest opportunity for decades ? and Westminster must stop
living in the past
The Scottish vision of self-government is alive, vibrant and real. To most
nationalists many things come to mind when they picture an independent
Scotland. One is a proud, self-governing nation taking its own decisions.
Another is an ethical nation in international affairs not engaging in "illegal
wars". A further strand is a society that better cares for its people, and
addresses inequality and injustice in a way contemporary Scotland
conspicuously fails.
Scottish independence has always been the ultimate political fantasy: a blank
canvas that people can project hopes on to. Many in the SNP have for long
wanted to keep this prospectus suitably vague, for fear of offending any of
their "big tent". Yet independence has always been about this balancing act
between constitutional politics, internationalism and economic and social
issues. Now these issues are going to have to become more explicit.
This is a nationalist moment, a movement that has been generous, open,
pluralist, modern, profoundly European and international. It might, if one
wants to be a little critical, have sometimes too ...
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