"Ensuring a united challenge to British state-monopoly capitalism will require a high level of working class and progressive coordination and unity, maximising the democratic potential of national rights in Scotland and Wales and minimising the scope for division."

[From CP Programme, Britain's Road to Socialism]

A Socialist view of Scottish and Welsh independence

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Independence or division?
Communists urge action to maintain unity Print E-mail

'Against Unionism, for Democratic Federalism' - Britain's Communists

'Unless the labour movement takes the lead in the debate on Britain's constitutional future, the Scottish referendum will be a victory either for reactionary unionism or reactionary separatism', according to the Communist Party of Britain.
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MORNING STAR EDITORIAL: United we are stronger Print E-mail

If David Cameron is sincere in his protestations of not wanting to see Scotland leave the UK, he should abandon efforts to meddle in a question proper to Scottish voters. Visit the Morning Star.
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CONSTITUTION AND CRISIS: The SNP versus Westminster Print E-mail

Suddenly we are in the middle of a constitutional crisis writes John Foster in the Morning Star.
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Scotland: The dangers of Devo Max exposed Print E-mail

When it comes to the limited additional powers enshrined in the Scotland Bill and the alternative SNP proposal that would grant full fiscal powers to the country, the bigger picture is important writes John Foster in the Morning Star.
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DEVOLUTION/DIVISION/INDEPENDENCE: Welsh devolution: 13 years on Print E-mail

Politicians daily pronounce on the hard times, but First Minister Carwyn Jones, his Cabinet and the rank and file AMs of all parties who assemble in the Senedd in Cardiff Bay are a bit more rough and ready than their London counterparts who spout the party line with a glibness taken to new heights. Where is Wales, 13 years after devolution asks Roy Jones.
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