Shipbuilding shows why Scotland has reached the limits of devolution

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Business for Scotland
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Business for Scotland
Alternative Published Date
2025
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Scottish shipbuilding is a vital strategic industry, but Westminster only pays it lipservice.

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For decades, Westminster policy has left Scottish yards competing without the backing other independent countries provide.

From the UCS work-in to today’s Clyde orders, the message is the same: it wasn’t the workers who failed Scotland - it was Westminster that failed Scotland.

Only independence gives Scotland the tools to back its own shipyards, win civil contracts, and build a future fleet at home.

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