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    In Place of Failure: Making It Yes Next Time … Soon
    In Place of Failure: Making It Yes Next Time … Soon
    In Place of Failure: Making It Yes Next Time … Soon
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    In Place of Failure: Making It Yes Next Time … Soon

    By Jim Sillars

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    The referendum is over, but Scotland’s underlying social and economic problems remain, as they have since its brutal deindustrialisation under Thatcher. Jim Sillars sets out the arguments for a second referendum and for an urgent resolution, as the Vow has failed to deliver promised powers, and in particular the powers to rescue Scotland’s poor from devastating cuts, which he argues can only come with independence.

    As always, Jim Sillars is radical, knowledgeable and pragmatic: socialism with its feet on the ground. He dissects Better Together’s claims, examines the strengths and the weaknesses of the last Yes campaign, and urges that we prepare for the next one now.

    Sillars is interested in sowing the seeds of new ideas and opening up the debate, but as you read this book, you become increasingly aware of the wide political experience and the meticulous research that underlie his views and policies.

    In Place of Failure is the follow-up to In Place of Fear II, whose title was itself a reference to Aneurin Bevan’s historic defence of the welfare state. Last year’s book was one of the key texts written in the heat of the campaign, whereas this longer work is more of a rallying cry to keep us informed and ready for the next appointment with Scotland’s destiny.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVagabond Voices
    Release dateOct 5, 2015
    ISBN9781908251527
    In Place of Failure: Making It Yes Next Time … Soon
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    Jim Sillars

    Jim Sillars was born and brought up in Ayr. After a succession of early jobs, he joined the Royal Navy and was drafted to Hong Kong. Leaving the Navy he went into the Fire Brigade, becoming active in trade unionism and the Labour Party. Following years serving as a Labour MP in Westminster he split with Labour Party and formed the Scottish Labour Party before joining the SNP. He was elected the SNP MP for Govan in 1988. In his later career he became Assistant to the Secretary General of the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce and also served six years on the board of Scottish Enterprise. He lives in Edinburgh.

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