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#ComeToScotland – welcoming our closest neighbours

Sep 21, 2018

#ComeToScotland – welcoming our closest neighbours

Politicians from various parties in Scotland have recently been extolling the virtues of increased immigration to Scotland. It’s a cause which the SNP have espoused with particular enthusiasm, including in their ‘Growth Commission’ paper earlier this year. Of course, the benefits of greater immigration to Scotland could be debated, but let’s stick with the SNP’s stated position, in order to ask a pertinent question: If the SNP are serious about encouraging people to move to

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Scotland and the EU Referendum in 12 tweets - a thread by Alastair Cameron, SIU Director.

Aug 8, 2018

Scotland and the EU Referendum in 12 tweets - a thread by Alastair Cameron, SIU Director.

On Twitter recently, a Scottish nationalist suggested that SIU's Alastair Cameron should explain Brexit from a Scottish perspective. Here's Alastair's response (which can be found on Twitter here): 1/ Would I like to explain to people about Brexit from a Scottish perspective? Oh yes, I certainly would… 2/ I’d start by explaining that the #EUref wasn’t about Scotland; it was about the UK. ‘Scotland’ wasn’t on the ballot paper, and people voted as individuals (and the use of

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