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‘Dirty Money?’ The Tory Millionaire Bankrolling Better Together

  Statement: This article now includes a right of reply from Ian Taylor and Vitol, which was not included in the original publication of the 7th of April, 2013. This reply is now incorporated into this...

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The Social Union is Already in Action

Last night Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales met at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. It wasn’t a meeting of the British and Irish Council. It was – perhaps symbolically – an event for the next...

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Better Together’s Morality Vacuum

Today figures released by YouGov found that 43% of Scots believe that Better Together should return its £500,000 donation from Tory donor Ian Taylor. 34% believe that they should not. These findings...

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Willie Rennie Faces Questions Over UK Arms Deals

The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats faces serious questions over the human rights position of UK arms exports. Yesterday Willie Rennie, a leading figure within the ‘Better Together’ campaign,...

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Reporting from Reykjavik #1: Our neighbour, Iceland.

Today I stepped off a plane into the crisp, bright northern air of Iceland. 724 miles north-west of Lerwick. 320,000 people live upon this volcanic, Viking isle. It is one of Scotland’s nearest...

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Reporting From Reykjavik #2: Beware of Pirates

There are laptops galore in this Reykjavik coffee shop. It’s unsurprising. Icelanders are perhaps the most technology-savvy people on the planet. They rank #1 for internet and social network usage....

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Reporting From Reykjavik #3: ‘However Scotland votes, the world will change’

Today was the beginning of new conversations and opportunities limited only by the size of our ambition. Today I felt Scottish and Nordic. I visited Nordic House in Reykjavik. This is the cultural...

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Reporting From Reykjavik #4: 10 Icelandic Interviews

“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!” - Rabbie Burns I interviewed ten people from Iceland on life, Scotland and independence. This is what they said! * Name: Ari Gisli...

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Exclusive: Icelandic Prime Minister Ready to Welcome an Independent Scotland

In an exclusive interview with National Collective, the newly elected Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð said he would welcome an independent Scotland into the world. In the event of a ‘Yes’...

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10 reasons why it’s better to live in Iceland than the UK

Today is Iceland’s independence day! National Collective has published a series of articles on Iceland, including an interview with their new Prime Minister on Scottish independence. 69 years after...

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Danish Horizons #1: A model for Scotland?

If you were to choose one other nation on the earth that was most similar to Scotland what would it be? England? Ireland? Norway? Wales? Sweden? If judged upon size, geography and European culture, it...

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Danish Horizons #2: A Smörgåsbord of Defence, Duty and Doubt

  Although smörgåsbord – meaning an array of many options – is a Swedish word, I hope you will forgive me for applying it in this Danish circumstance. For when I met Professor Mikkel Rasmussen to...

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Danish Horizons #3: Christiania – ‘This is what freedom looks like’

There are invisible boundaries and borders marked by low walls and art work. You pass a neat, middle-class florist by a Copenhagen canal and then enter under an archway. Then the buildings change....

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Danish Horizons #4: 10 Danish Interviews

O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!” - Rabbie Burns I interviewed ten people from Denmark on life, Scotland and independence. This is what they said!   Name: Christian...

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Exclusive: ‘Scottish EU Membership Straightforward and in Denmark’s Interest’

An independent Scotland’s membership of the European Union would be straight-forward and in Denmark’s national interest, according to Danish academics and politicians. In a series of exclusive...

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Billy Connolly says ‘Naw’ to No Campaign

Scottish comedy legend Billy Connolly has rejected claims that he’d lead the campaign against Scottish independence. In an interview in today’s Sunday Herald, the ‘Big Yin’ made it clear that he would...

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Academic Paper: Scotland’s Place in the World

It is with great delight that National Collective publishes this substantial piece of research on an independent Scotland’s place in the world. It is a study by researchers in Iceland – Alyson JK...

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Independently Reviewed: A Capital Union

A Capital Union, by Victoria Hendry, is published by Saraband. Details of the book launch (August 28th, Edinburgh) are available ‘here’. The political atmosphere in Scotland today raises the stakes...

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10 Questions on the Future of the Scottish Media

Scotland’s referendum is a fork in the road: a choice between two futures. Today the Scottish media stands at a similar crossroad. Pressurised by financial constraints, a market in flux, and an...

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A State of Fear: is journalism safe in the UK?

Demonstration in Berlin supporting media freedoms Having written ‘10 questions on the future of the Scottish media‘, a story broke which startled me. It led to this eleventh question. It highlights an...

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