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Holyrood's parliament building, and Westminster's

Open Minds on Independence #23: A Holyrood you trust or Westminster you do not?
AS Westminster becomes embroiled in a new sleaze scandal over Boris Johnson’s redecoration of his Downing Street flat, the contrast between the standards of governance at the parliaments of Holyrood and Westminster has never been starker.

Brexit has been a disaster in terms of managing border and customs checks

open minds Open Minds on Independence #22: The truth about borders after independence

Open Minds on Independence #21: Must Scots settle for cronyism and incompetence?

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #21: Must Scots settle for cronyism and incompetence?

We look at the last of the big myths surrounding Scottish independence

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #20: Busting the last of the myths around independence

Slovakia became an independent state in 1993 after the Velvet Revolution peacefully ended communist rule in Czechoslovakia

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #19: Busting the old Unionist anti-indy myths

This is why the Westminster myths about independence are wrong

open minds Open Minds on Independence #18: Westminster myths about referendum are wrong

Open Minds on Independence #16: How indy can re-ignite north-east energy sector

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #17: How indy can re-ignite north-east energy sector

Scotland only narrowly missed out on generating the equivalent of 100% of its electricity demand from renewables in 2020

open minds Open Minds on Independence #16: The key to powering an indy Scotland’s future

Rapidly growing new and high-tech industries are driving Scotland’s economy

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #15: How to future-proof Scotland's economy

An independent Scotland would take control of the powers needed to turbocharge innovation

open minds Open Minds on Independence #14: How indy can boost our innovation nation status

Dr Kirsty Hughes spoke at the Open Minds event on Tuesday. Left: The Greens/EFA group held a candlelit vigil ahead of Scotland's EU exit

OPEN MINDS Would Scotland have to go to the back of the queue to join the EU?

Scotland has become an exporting powerhouse

open minds Open Minds #13: Only independence can fix damage of Brexit

Scotland's seafood exports are down 83% since Brexit was implemented and total exports have dropped by an unforgivable 63%

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #12: These are five huge post-Brexit problems

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said at the time there were already a range of different arrangements within the single market and the EU framework which could be adapted for Scotland

open minds Open Minds on Independence #11: The UK’s Brexit mismanagement

Brexit is the result of a democratic deficit which sees Scotland ignored

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #10: How Scotland suffers most from Brexit

Open Minds #9: How our pensions will be protected in an independent Scotland

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #9: What happens to pensions after a Yes vote

'Supporters of the Union were furious and one billboard design was the particular focus for their ire'

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #8: The UK's worst state pension in developed world

Open Minds on Independence #7: Believe in Scotland’s Manifesto for Wellbeing

Open Minds on Independence #7: Believe in Scotland’s Manifesto for Wellbeing

There is no set of official accounts that tells us how an independent Scotland’s economy would fare

Open Minds on Independence #6: The truth about the annual GERS figures

The unavoidable conclusion is that Scotland is being held back by being part of the larger UK

open minds Open Minds on Independence #5: Was Britain's economy already broken or will Brexit break it?

open minds Open Minds on Independence #4: Why smaller is best when it comes to successful nations

GERS analysis shows Scotland’s false deficit in comparison with other scenarios

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #3: How can Scotland be in debt if it can't borrow?

Scotland posses a staggering amount of the UK's natural wealth in renewable energy and 25% of Europe's offshore wind resources

Open Minds Open Minds on Independence #2: How Scotland’s been tricked into thinking it’s too poor

Scotland's natural landscape was cited by several respondees as one of the country's strongest offerings

OPEN MINDS Open Minds on Independence #1: 21 reasons to Believe in Scotland

We launched the new project to bring undecided voters round to Yes. Pictured: The Kelpies

OPEN MINDS Everything you need to know about the Yes Challenge and Open Minds on Independence