Lesley Riddoch dives into two reports on the Westminster Government's approach to Scotland
IN Lesley Riddoch's latest video column, the writer and campaigner leafs through two scathing reports on the UK Government's approach to Scottish independence.
The architect of the Edinburgh Agreement which produced a "Scotland-made" indyref in 2014, says the best reponse to a Yes majority in May is to rerun the poll, exactly as it was done last time. Meanwhile, another academic report suggests the instinct to preserve the Union "is not in the bloodstream of the UK state".
The Bennett Institute report is available here https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications/union-crossroads/
Watch Lesley's column below.
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