These pages are for all who care about Scotland’s future, regardless of how they vote: for party, independence/union, EU/Brexit. Sceptical Scot aims to provide a forum that is both broader and deeper than current online/print offers with a rich diet of well-researched, polemical, thought-provoking writing.
Welcome to Sceptical Scot, Scotland’s premier non-tribal forum for passionate, informed debate.
These pages are for all who care about Scotland’s future, regardless of how they vote: for party, independence/union, EU/Brexit. Sceptical Scot aims to provide a forum that is both broader and deeper than current online/print offers with a rich diet of well-researched, polemical, thought-provoking writing.
Why ‘Sceptical Scot’? Because none of us can lay claim to absolute truth, and all policies and proposals need to be subjected to enlightened, sceptical scrutiny and investigation.
We welcome contributions that focus on issues affecting Scotland regardless of its constitutional arrangements and that are truly international in scale. These might include the nature of modern democracy, the question of identity and national character, inequality and fairness, globalisation and de-industrialisation, the future of work, localism and cross-border collaboration, migration and ageing, the empowering role of the state, the role and future of media in a devolved country – and, not least, the impact of climate change and loss of biodiversity on the economics and politics of the world we, as humans, share with other species.
Editorial Board
Our Editorial Board consists of journalists, activists and commentators from both sides of the Yes/No divide – and beyond. We have no axe to grind, though we welcome those who have, so long as they do so with good will, wit and without rancour – and above all with knowledge and understanding for us all to share. Sceptical Scot is funded by the Editorial Board and other unpaid volunteers.