Government Has The Power To Help Improve

I Know That The United Kingdom Is Sometimes Seen As An Argumentative And Rather Strong-minded Member Of The Family Of European Nations. And It's True That Our Geography Has Shaped Our Psychology. We Have The Character Of An Island Nation - Independent, Forthright, Passionate In Defence Of Our Sovereignty.

Simply Asking The British People To Carry On Accepting A European Settlement Over Which They Have Had Little Choice Is A Path To Ensuring That When The Question Is Finally Put - And At Some Stage It Will Have To Be - It Is Much More Likely That The British People Will Reject The Eu.

I Have No Time For Those Who Say There Is No Way Scotland Could Go It Alone. I Know First-hand The Contribution Scotland And Scots Make To Britain's Success - So For Me There's No Question About Whether Scotland Could Be An Independent Nation.

It Does Not Seem To Me That The Steps Which Would Be Needed To Make Britain - And Others - More Comfortable In Their Relationship In The European Union Are Inherently So Outlandish Or Unreasonable.

The Eu Must Be Able To Act With The Speed And Flexibility Of A Network, Not The Cumbersome Rigidity Of A Bloc. We Must Not Be Weighed Down By An Insistence On A One Size Fits All Approach Which Implies That All Countries Want The Same Level Of Integration. The Fact Is That They Don't And We Shouldn't Assert That They Do.