Goals for the Citizens’ Convention
The Citizens’ Convention will seek to understand:
- The hopes and dreams of the Scottish people and their frustrations
- Global best practices from national governments
- Evidence from knowledge leaders and academics
- Scottish regional and sectoral opinions via a national roadshow
- The mood of the nation through detailed polling, online engagement and non-binding online voting on proposals as part of the Convention’s engagement process.
- To mobilise Scottish opinion behind the conclusions of the Citizens’ Convention.
If the issue of the constitution is dealt with separately, then we believe that the Scottish Government can fund the Citizens’ Convention without legal objections
The Citizens’ Convention is about the direction the people of Scotland want the nation to take. However, because there is still a risk of time wasting legal challenges to the Scottish Government’s ability to fund the Convention (despite the precedent set by Wales), we propose that the consideration of the constitutional issues, in terms of how the plan is implemented, will have to be considered in a non Scottish Government funded second stage process. This way no time is wasted with pointless process debates with Westminster.
If the issue of the constitution is dealt with separately, then we believe that the Scottish Government can fund the Citizens’ Convention without legal objections, in contrast to the case with an independence-only convention. However, the focus will be on ambitions for Scotland’s future and enhancing Scotland’s wellbeing, in order to respond to the deepening crisis of the If the issue of the constitution is dealt with separately, then we believe that the Scottish Government can fund the Citizens’ Convention without legal objections 24 failing United Kingdom. Our call to a higher purpose than politics will resonate with the Scottish people and provide the most effective path to independence.
Once the Citizens’ Convention compiles the hopes and dreams and ambitions of the people of Scotland for Scotland’s future, and that plan adopted by the independence movement into a new manifesto for independence that will significantly improve Scotland’s wellbeing, the people will vote for it en masse.