Better Together Strathclyde

The costs of separation got very real yesterday.

Almost £3 billion was wiped off the value of firms in Scotland and the pound slumped.

This really matters - it puts jobs at risk and means there is less money to spend on things like our NHS.

The reaction of the markets to one poll suggests the problems we would see if we actually left the UK. It's a risk we just don't have to take.

Read more here...

Billions of pounds wiped off value of Scottish-linked firms in market fright Investors dump companies and sterling as analysts warn clients to 'be afraid, be very afraid' after poll lead for yes camp

Alex Salmond's bluff and bluster on currency

Nationalist advisor: SNP tax plans would start a race to the bottom putting public services at risk Alex Salmond’s key economic advisor has said that cutting corporation tax can lead to a race to the bottom where everyone loses out.

John Swinney’s latest economic assertions are nothing but a fantasy John Swinney has cultivated a reputation as a careful financial manager, boasting that he balances his devolved budget. (Actually, he doesn’t have any choice.) But he rather blew that out of the water by announcing that he would, if Scotland left the UK, increase government borrowing as an “alternat…

A reminder that Professor John Coggins, a leading member of our academics group, will deliver the Stevenson Lecture on Tuesday April 29th at 6pm in the Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre at Glasgow University.

He will be discussing a number of issues including how our universities benefit from being part of the United Kingdom. Details are below. Hope you can make it!

University of Glasgow :: University events Scotland’s Citizens: The Referendum and BeyondDate: Tuesday 29 April 2014Time: 18:00 - 19:30Venue: Sir Charles Wilson BuildingCategory: Public lecturesSpeaker: Professor John CogginsWebsite:www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/research/politics/stevensontrustforcitizenship/

A thank you to all who voted against independence in the recent mock referendum. Fantastic to see the majority of Strathclyde students support staying in the United Kingdom.

Final debate in on Thursday! The panel is:

Elaine C Smith (Actress and Yes Scotland Advisory Board Member)
Blair McDougall (Campaign Director of Better Together):
Anas Sarwar MSP (Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party)
Patrick Harvie MSP (Co-Convener of the Scottish Green Party)
Willie Rennie MSP (Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Clare Adamson MSP (Scottish National Party Member for Central Scotland)
Jackson Carlaw MSP (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Member for West Scotland)
John Finnie MSP (Independent Member for the Highlands & Islands)

Get registered and come along and back us!

Register for StrathIndyRef Final Debate: Maybes Aye, Maybes Naw? | Strathstudents Register for StrathIndyRef Final Debate: Maybes Aye, Maybes Naw? - Thursday 17th April, 5.30pm - 7.30pm in Vertigo, USSA Level 8(90 John Street, Glasgow, G1 1JH)

On the evening of 4th April, the brilliant Eddie Izzard, one of the world’s biggest stand-up stars, will be performing a special one-off show for Better Together.

Eddie will be launching ‘Scotland, please don’t go’, our campaign for people living across the rest of the UK who don’t want Scotland to leave.

Find ticket information here: http://better.tg/1nyGusP.

Alex Salmond has been urged to "wake-up" to the reality of the impact of the uncertainty caused by his plan to break up the UK.

The call comes after it was revealed that Scottish bank TSB has decided to register itself in England rather than Scotland.

To read more about it, follow the link below.

Scottish independence: Alex Salmond urged to 'wake-up' as TSB prepare to head south over fears... TSB's move to England for tax purposes has sparked fears there could be an exodus of banks in Scotland if there is a Yes vote on September 18.

"Alex Salmond is a man without a plan on currency and Europe. The wheels are falling off the independence wagon."

Yesterday, the President of the EU Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso said that if Scotland leaves the UK it would have to apply to join the EU, which would be ‘extremely difficult, if not impossible’. To read more, follow the link below.

“The wheels are falling off the independence wagon” says Darling The President of the EU Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso has today said that if Scotland leaves the UK it would have to apply to join the EU. In a devastating intervention for the Nationalists, he said that this process would be ‘extremely difficult, if not impossible’ to achieve.

Pupils at yet another School have backed Scotland’s place in the UK. After hearing arguments from the Nationalist campaign and the Better Together campaign in a debate last week, pupils at St Joseph’s College in Dumfries overwhelmingly rejected separation and backed our place in the UK. Find out more here...

Pupils at yet another School back Better Together Pupils at yet another School have backed Scotland’s place in the UK. After hearing arguments from the Nationalist campaign and the Better Together campaign in a debate last week, pupils at St Joseph’s College in Dumfries overwhelmingly backed our place in the UK.

WATCH BP boss Bob Dudley has warned there are "big uncertainties" for the company over the possibility of Scotland becoming independent.

'Great Britain should stay together' BP boss Bob Dudley has warned there are "big uncertainties" for the company over the possibility of Scotland becoming independent.