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'We don’t need to accept Project Fear’s attempt to say we would all become foreigners to each other'

Why staying in the UK is the real risk facing Scotland's future
INDEPENDENCE is a tug on the heartstrings. A bit like what we feel about setting up our own home. Pride. Excitement. Hope. A sense of freedom.

Edwin Morgan, the first Poet Laureate of Glasgow, and also of Scotland, bequeathed £1 million to the cause of Scotland’s independence...

Yessay Who says Scotland cannot guide itself through 'boiling reefs, black as they are'?

For Scotland there are no certainties, whether as an independent nation or as part of the Union

yessay The indy movement needs something different in order to beat the status quo

When Scotland believes in herself she behaves differently and it is infectious

COMMENT How the Union has destroyed Scotland’s ability to believe in itself

The right of self-determination is vital – it is imperative we gain all governing powers at country level

This is why Scots must get off the fence and start supporting Yes

Our independent Scotland will be free of the shackles imposed against our will

yessay Our independent Scotland will be free of the shackles imposed against our will

Hogmanay 2039: Scotland as an independent nation in an uncertain world

yessay Hogmanay 2039: Scotland as an independent nation in an uncertain world

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Imagine a Tory boot stamping on a Scottish face – forever

Scotland, as a nation, is moving in the right direction

YESSAY Imagine a world where Scotland won the 2014 referendum

The people of Scotland demonstrated unequivocally in the election of May 2021 that they are in favour of indyref2

yessay Why should Scotland be independent? ... Why shouldn’t it?

While in the UK, Scottish voters have to accept the imposition of values contrary to their own

YESSAY An independent Scotland’s best gift can be real democracy

Baby boxes show a Scotland that wants to care for its citizens

YESSAY Let's talk independence ... but forget pie-in-the-sky or doom-and-gloom

An independent Scotland would have a bright future

YESSAY Here's what an independent Scotland has to look forward to

The Rev I M Jolly, played by Rikki Fulton, didn't have the sunniest outlook on life

YESSAY I don't mean to be Rev IM Jolly ... but indyref2 is serious for us all

A mere 59 Scottish MPs are representing us, set against an overall total of 650 MPs at Westminster

YESSAY We have denied ourselves freedom – and here are the consequences

There are an infinite number of potential Scotlands in the event of independence

YESSAY Let’s imagine the Scotland that could be – optimism is revolutionary

My fusion of English and Scottish heritage leads me to independence

YESSAY My fusion of English and Scottish heritage leads me to independence

Scotland can follow a better path

YESSAY Here's what a railway tunnel teaches me about Scotland and independence

One day in my life gave me a metaphor for Scotland's independence journey

Yessay One day in my life gave me a metaphor for Scotland's independence journey

What if the vote on the Act of Union had gone the other way?

YESSAY Let's imagine a Scotland where the Act of Union had not passed

The Scotland Office was the previous iteration of the Scotland Office – which has its UK HQ at Dover House

YESSAY I worked in Scottish Office for decades ... and now back independence

The UK's approach involves plastering Union flags everywhere

COMMENT Undecided on independence? Here's what the choice is really between

The question isn't why should Scotland be independent, but why shouldn't it?

Yessay The question isn't why should Scotland be independent, but why shouldn't it?

Let's think of Scotland's next generation

YESSAY Here's why we should back our youth's vision of independent Scotland

Let's think about what skateboarding represents...

YESSAY What skateboarding can teach us about voting for Scottish independence

You must vote for Scottish independence if you care about England

YESSAY You must vote for Scottish independence if you care about England

Our Yessay author has huge admiration for John Buchan ... but was he really a Unionist?

YESSAY Here's my pitch to undecided indyref2 voters as a psychologist

The independence movement seeks an outward-looking Scotland

YESSAY Britain's past and Scotland's future – I know what I'm voting for

The American Declaration of Independence

YESSAY Scotland must dissolve political bands to reach our potential

As with the Union of South Africa, the UK union is now a relic

YESSAY I want independence – not the UK telling me if my granny is a foreigner

We’re going to put the spotlight on more of your fantastic Yessays

Yessays We’re putting the spotlight on more of your fantastic Yessays

Winner of The National's Yessay contest gives prize to charity

'Movement at its best': Winner of Yessay contest gives prize to charity

Yessay judges: Roxanne Sorooshian, Lesley Riddoch and Alan Riach

Yessay competition winner revealed as judges hail entrants

Independence for Scotland and England can bring peace to a troubled island

CONTEST WINNER Our Yessay winner - A nation again: Independence can bring peace to a troubled island

Here's how to cast your vote in the Sunday National Yessay competition

CONTEST Here's how to cast your vote in the Sunday National Yessay competition

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