Why Not Scotland The sourced case for Scottish independence

Our approach

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Why Not Scotland supports Scottish independence. We believe the strongest case is an honest one, so we follow these rules.

  1. Every claim has a public source. If we cannot find a publicly available source we can check, we leave the claim out.
  2. We say whose claim it is. Official statistics are stated as facts. Plans are credited to whoever made them, usually the Scottish Government.
  3. The challenges are included. Every topic sets out the difficulties independence would bring, including criticisms from the UK Government, pro-UK campaigners and independent analysts.
  4. We show the plan to meet each challenge, and we are clear where no plan has yet been published.
  5. Forecasts are shown as ranges, with who made them and when.
  6. Everything is dated. Every page shows when it was last checked.
  7. Corrections are public. Errors are fixed promptly and logged on our corrections page.
  8. No official look. This is not a government or party website.

Where we have not found a source we could verify, we say so rather than fill the gap with unchecked material.