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Building a New Scotland: Renewing democracy through independence

Published: 14 July 2022
From: First Minister, +1 more … Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
Directorate: Constitution Directorate
Topic: Building a new Scotland, Constitution and democracy
ISBN: 9781804357293

This paper sets out the Scottish Government’s view that people who live in Scotland have the right to choose how they should be governed and to decide if Scotland should become an independent country. It is the second in the ‘Building a New Scotland’ series, focusing on independence.

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British Sign Language

Canon Kenyon Wright quote

"What if that other voice we all know so well responds by saying, 'We say no, and we are the state'? Well we say yes – and we are the people."

Canon Kenyon Wright (Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1989)[1]

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