YesScotland: Recent Episodes
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Actor and filmmaker, Peter Mullan, on why a Yes vote will rejuvenate the creative industries in Scotland.
Co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party, Patrick Harvie, on why an independent Scotland will protect the rights of LGBT people.
Architects for Yes organiser Alasdair Stephen, a partner in Glasgow and Skye-based Dualchas Architects explains why he's voting Yes.
Dr. Philipa Whitford, a consultant breast surgeon explains the key differences between Scotland's and Westminster's NHS operational philosophies.
Anne Houston, Former CEO of the charity Children First explains why a Yes vote in September is important for Scotland's future.
Apolitical business group N56 has commissioned a report into the future of Scotland's oil industry. The report suggests that revenues from the North Sea could be as much as six times higher than the £56bn projected by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Feargheas Kelly hits the rainy streets of Glasgow to find out why Young people in the city are voting Yes to an independent Scotland.
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Image by John Hurd via flickr
Dennis Canavan, Chair of the Yes Scotland advisory board, helps to launch the new One Opportunity poster from Yes Scotland. #indyref #voteYes
Angus Millar of Yes Scotland explains why voting Yes in September will benefit young people.
With fewer than 100 days to go, mum of two, Julie Hepburn from Cumbernauld gives her reasons for why a Yes is best for young families.
Her son Andrew is 100 years younger than Jimmy Sinclair (to the day)
With 100 days to go, former Desert Rat, Jimmy Sinclair from Kirkcaldy meets Andrew, a child 100 years his junior (to the day).
Mr Sinclair explains why he's voting Yes.
Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon welcomes Anum Quaisar with a message to Scottish Labour supporters.
Anum Qaisar, the General Secretary of Muslim Friends of Labour on why she's backing Yes.
Dr Philippa Whitford, a consultant breast surgeon, on why NHS workers should vote Yes in September.
Dr Willie Wilson, a pharmacist, former scientist and co-founder of NHS for Yes on the group's formation.
Former chairman of Scottish Labour Bob Thomson explains to STUC why trade unionists should vote Yes.
Yes Scotland's Chief Executive, Blair Jenkins on why a Yes vote is good for trade unionists.
The Scottish Trades Union Congress 2014
Speaking at the Yes Helensburgh public meeting in March, author and playwrite Alan Bisset, says that Scotland has "the means, the will and the ability to change Scotland in the way that the people of Scotland want."
Sarah Jane Walls, Yes Scotland's Operations Manafer explains why a Yes vote will be good news for Scotland's young families.
NEWS FROM YES SCOTLAND
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Free higher education can be secured only with independence, say Academics for Yes
- Sixty academics sign up for new pro-Yes group -
A No vote in September would seriously threaten the future of Higher Education across Scotland, leading academics warned today.
In addition to policies pursued by the Westminster government that simply do not work for Scotland, the very real danger of a UKIP victory in England in this year’s European elections could mean an end to EU funding for university research.
The warnings come from Professor Bryan MacGregor, of Aberdeen University, and Professor Murray Pittock, of Glasgow University.
The two professors are part of a founding group of some 60 from Scottish academia and learning who today [Monday, February 17] launched Academics for Yes in support of the independence campaign.
Professor MacGregor said: ‘I am not a politician. I am not even a political activist. I am an academic and I am a citizen. I had no intention of taking an active role and certainly not a public role in the referendum campaign. But the negativity of the No campaign has compelled me to make a public stand.’
A third professor in the new group, Joe Goldblatt, of Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, said: ‘If the right to offer free education for the citizens of Scotland is to be preserved, full and independent economic control over these matters must be gained through independence.
'Only then will there be further assurance for future generations that the values of the past hold true today and for the foreseeable future through remaining strong advocates and leaders through universally free colleges and universities in Scotland.’
Orkney-based Donna Heddle, Professor at the University of the Highlands and Islands and Director of Nordic Studies, said: ‘I’m backing this campaign because it’s the right thing to do. Independence is the only way that academia and research will flourish in Scotland.
'We must work together in learning all the way up from primary schools to research to create new opportunities for the people of our country.’
Speaking at the launch of Academics for Yes in Glasgow, Professors MacGregor and Pittock said: ‘There is every reason to believe that Yes will create improved and more secure funding. Higher education is one of Scotland’s many success stories: our research is among the most highly cited in the world, and our Government ceaselessly promotes it.'
They explained their worries over the No campaign and its negativity and their growing concern at the negative language Better Together use over the potential of Scotland’s science and universities under independence.
‘The SNP Government is strongly committed to science and universities, seeing them not only as a beacon of status internationally, with five of our universities in the top 200 worldwide, but also as engines of economic growth and international co-operation,’ they said.
‘The creation of innovation centres, funding of postgraduate studentships linked to economic development and recent agreement on co-operation in science with Hong Kong are all clear evidence of this.
'Also, abolition of tuition fees and expansion of funded places linked to social justice and widening participation show a commitment to inheritance of a democratic intellect at odds with the increasingly marketised state of higher education provision elsewhere in the UK.’
They added: ‘From evidence-based policy to renewable energy, the role of science and universities is gaining importance to creation of a smart, successful and socially just Scotland.
‘It’s reasonable to ask those who think independence would be bad for our universities whom they would expect to implement different policies than those prevailing in the rest of the UK: £9000 tuition fees for all (like...
NEWS FROM YES SCOTLAND
EMBARGO : NOT FOR USE BEFORE 12 NOON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2014
Free higher education can be secured only with independence, say Academics for Yes
- Sixty academics sign up for new pro-Yes group -
A No vote in September would seriously threaten the future of Higher Education across Scotland, leading academics warned today.
In addition to policies pursued by the Westminster government that simply do not work for Scotland, the very real danger of a UKIP victory in England in this year’s European elections could mean an end to EU funding for university research.
The warnings come from Professor Bryan MacGregor, of Aberdeen University, and Professor Murray Pittock, of Glasgow University.
The two professors are part of a founding group of some 60 from Scottish academia and learning who today [Monday, February 17] launched Academics for Yes in support of the independence campaign.
Professor MacGregor said: ‘I am not a politician. I am not even a political activist. I am an academic and I am a citizen. I had no intention of taking an active role and certainly not a public role in the referendum campaign. But the negativity of the No campaign has compelled me to make a public stand.’
A third professor in the new group, Joe Goldblatt, of Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, said: ‘If the right to offer free education for the citizens of Scotland is to be preserved, full and independent economic control over these matters must be gained through independence.
'Only then will there be further assurance for future generations that the values of the past hold true today and for the foreseeable future through remaining strong advocates and leaders through universally free colleges and universities in Scotland.’
Orkney-based Donna Heddle, Professor at the University of the Highlands and Islands and Director of Nordic Studies, said: ‘I’m backing this campaign because it’s the right thing to do. Independence is the only way that academia and research will flourish in Scotland.
'We must work together in learning all the way up from primary schools to research to create new opportunities for the people of our country.’
Speaking at the launch of Academics for Yes in Glasgow, Professors MacGregor and Pittock said: ‘There is every reason to believe that Yes will create improved and more secure funding. Higher education is one of Scotland’s many success stories: our research is among the most highly cited in the world, and our Government ceaselessly promotes it.'
They explained their worries over the No campaign and its negativity and their growing concern at the negative language Better Together use over the potential of Scotland’s science and universities under independence.
‘The SNP Government is strongly committed to science and universities, seeing them not only as a beacon of status internationally, with five of our universities in the top 200 worldwide, but also as engines of economic growth and international co-operation,’ they said.
‘The creation of innovation centres, funding of postgraduate studentships linked to economic development and recent agreement on co-operation in science with Hong Kong are all clear evidence of this.
'Also, abolition of tuition fees and expansion of funded places linked to social justice and widening participation show a commitment to inheritance of a democratic intellect at odds with the increasingly marketised state of higher education provision elsewhere in the UK.’
They added: ‘From evidence-based policy to renewable energy, the role of science and universities is gaining importance to creation of a smart, successful and socially just Scotland.
‘It’s reasonable to ask those who think independence would be bad for our universities whom they would expect to implement different policies than those prevailing in the rest of the UK: £9000 tuition fees for all (like...
Head of Messaging at Yes Scotland, Stephen Noon sends thanks to those attending Ambassador Training and gives an idea what they will cover.
Zara Kitson of the Scottish Green Party says voting Yes in September 2014 is just the beginning of a much larger journey towards a better type of democracy.
"The basic point made in the IFS report is that if Scotland wants to retain the highest public spending while it has an ageing population, it's going to have to raise more cash. Now that shouldn't surprise us, but the real issue is that that's true whether we're in the UK or not!"
Alison Johnstone outlines the Green case for Yes and tells us why she believes Scotland should vote Yes to independence in September of 2014.
Patrick Harvie, MSP and co-convener of the Scottish Green Party on why the Greens support a Yes vote in September 2014
Elaine C Smith delivers an impassioned speech to the gathered independence supporters on Calton Hill at the 2013 March and Rally for Scottish Independence.
Photo of Elaine C Smith © Ivon Bartholomew. Used with permission.
Yes Scotland's Stuart McDonald explains how an independent Scotland will secure and improve pensions. The Scottish Government today (23.09.2013) published a detailed paper on pensions and independence.
Supporters from Flanders and Austrian Tirol tell us why they've come all the way to Edinburgh to show support for a Yes vote.
An #indyrally attendee tells us she believes Scotland has made better choices since devolution and that we need to take that further.
Two marchers, fresh off the train at Waverley, tell us why they've come today. One because of nuclear weapons, the other because of the Westminster democratic deficit.
Lesley from Burntisland tells us why she's on the #indyrally march today and the results of her straw-poll on the train on the way to Edinburgh