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Constitutions and socialist change
Talk in Scotland about a potential written constitution if independence is achieved should remind the left that this is something we too should be fighting for, writes PAULINE BRYAN
First Minister Humza Yousaf at the launch of the latest Building a New Scotland prospectus paper, which details plans for a new written constitution to be created by people in Scotland, at Atlantic Quay, Glasgow. Picture date: Monday June 19, 2023
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THE constitution is firmly back on the agenda in Scotland following the SNP convention in Dundee last week, which was called to discuss the way forward on independence.
Although no votes were taken, the SNP leader Humza Yousaf seems to have won the day with a commitment that if the SNP wins a majority of seats in the next general election in Scotland, then it would seek negotiations with the Westminster government on how to “give democratic effect” to the country becoming independent.
For Yousaf, that remains a referendum. His speech, designed for party activist consumption, still has the SNP going it alone, leading Scotland to independence on a new constitution as yet to be agreed upon.
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