Stephen Gethins: “Scots were at the heart of the United States' emergence as an independent country.”

Crucially, none of the challenges identified are insurmountable but many of the key policy levers remained reserved to Westminster.

On this Ukrainian Independence Day, Scotland reaffirms its solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

The easiest way to do this is for Scotland to be an independent member state of the EU and that’s still my ambition.

In the EU we have a model whereby you can respect the views of different nations and constituent parts, respect their sovereignty, strengthen their sovereignty, and strengthen their independence – that’s the 21st century model of union…