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A serious, independent examination of what an independent Scotland could and should look like.

We publish detailed positions on domestic policy and on the practical design of independence itself. Everything is free to read. Membership is only required if you want to join the discussion.

What This Is

People’s Future Scotland is not a political party.

It is a project focused on clear thinking and practical answers. We examine the hard questions that are usually avoided: currency, fiscal starting position, nuclear basing, borders, trade priorities, and the legal route to a referendum.

Our approach is continuity-first, rules-based, and open to scrutiny.

The Two Core Pillars

The 28:

Twenty-eight detailed positions on the major domestic issues facing Scotland. These cover education, health, justice, energy, housing, defence industry, and more. Each is written as a serious policy analysis, not a slogan.

The Independence Debate:

A structured examination of the constitutional, monetary, fiscal, and institutional questions that any independence process would have to answer. This includes the legal route to a referendum, the opening fiscal position, sterlingisation, nuclear basing, free movement, and trade priorities.

Both are published in full and free to read.

Current Affairs

We also publish regular commentary on Scottish politics and public life. The aim is straightforward: to test ideas against reality and to keep the discussion grounded.

Membership

All analysis on this site is free to access.

Membership exists only for those who want to comment and take part in discussion.

Member — £7 per month or £70 per year.

Comment and discuss on all pages.

Reading remains free. Participation is supported by members.

Our Approach

Continuity-first:

Where possible, we design for continuity of institutions, contracts, currency, and daily life. Sudden disruption is not a virtue. We treat stability in wages, mortgages, savings, public services, and defence arrangements as a priority, not an afterthought.

Rules-based:

We accept the existing legal and constitutional framework as the starting point. A lawful referendum requires a Section 30 Order or equivalent primary legislation. Unilateral or de facto routes lack both legal authority and practical legitimacy. We do not invent shortcuts that would not survive contact with reality.

Scrutiny-ready:

Every major position is written so that it can be examined, challenged and tested. We state the constraints plainly — including the scale of the fiscal deficit shown in GERS, the strategic realities of nuclear basing, and the limits of what an independent Scottish government could immediately control. Avoidance and denial are not part of the method.

This approach produces positions that are more constrained than many traditional independence arguments, and more detailed than most political platforms. That is deliberate.

We do not claim that independence would be easy or cost-free. We do argue that we can answer the questions properly, and that honest answers are better than avoidance.

People’s Future Scotland is an independent project.

It is not a political party. Any future decision to become one would be made only against published criteria and with clear public support.