Alyn Smith: “Our NHS and care sector have been hit with staff shortages, and Brexit has driven up the cost of living for all of us.”

The Labour Party made a key error in cutting international aid and it seems Andy Burnham is intent to double down on it.

The commitment is to participate in economic and monetary union, and that's something that we will take on, of course we will, because that's what you need to do to accede into the European Union.

That’s not to mention the opportunities to study and work abroad enjoyed by my generation which have been robbed from our young people.

It is clear that the key difference is that these smaller countries have the ability to take decisions for themselves, as Scotland remains tethered to a Westminster system that is holding us back.