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Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2019.
The result of the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 seemed to put paid for the foreseeable future to the most significant threat to the Union, but the result of the EU referendum in 2016 has put the cat amongst the pigeons once more. The future of Northern Ireland has also been a constant bone of contention since the Brexit vote. In September, a shock opinion poll suggested that a quarter of Welsh voters would vote for independence. Is the Union really in imminent danger? Is there a positive case for the UK today, whether economic, political or even emotional?
**SPEAKERS**
MEV BROWN
spokesperson, SDP Scotland; former spokesperson, Business for Britain in Scotland; campaigner, Better Together
DR RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS
journalist, historian and broadcaster; award-winning author, The Seven and Patrick Pearse: the triumph of failure
LINDA MURDOCH
campaigner for rights and democracy in Scotland; director of careers, University of Glasgow
AKASH PAUN
senior fellow, Institute for Government; associate fellow, Centre on Constitutional Change, Edinburgh University
DR GLYNNE WILLIAMS
associate professor, School of Business, University of Leicester
CHAIR: JUSTINE BRIAN director, Civitas Schools
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Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas Festival 2019.
The result of the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 seemed to put paid for the foreseeable future to the most significant threat to the Union, but the result of the EU referendum in 2016 has put the cat amongst the pigeons once more. The future of Northern Ireland has also been a constant bone of contention since the Brexit vote. In September, a shock opinion poll suggested that a quarter of Welsh voters would vote for independence. Is the Union really in imminent danger? Is there a positive case for the UK today, whether economic, political or even emotional?
**SPEAKERS**
MEV BROWN
spokesperson, SDP Scotland; former spokesperson, Business for Britain in Scotland; campaigner, Better Together
DR RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS
journalist, historian and broadcaster; award-winning author, The Seven and Patrick Pearse: the triumph of failure
LINDA MURDOCH
campaigner for rights and democracy in Scotland; director of careers, University of Glasgow
AKASH PAUN
senior fellow, Institute for Government; associate fellow, Centre on Constitutional Change, Edinburgh University
DR GLYNNE WILLIAMS
associate professor, School of Business, University of Leicester
CHAIR: JUSTINE BRIAN director, Civitas Schools
Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas newsletter at battleofideas.org.uk/subscribe
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