{"id":5689,"date":"2022-08-21T15:23:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T14:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weegiefifer.scot\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2022-08-21T15:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T14:23:49","slug":"the-scottish-claim-of-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weegiefifer.scot\/?p=5689","title":{"rendered":"The Scottish Claim of Right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Is this as special a document and idea as some people say it is? <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In May and June I presented two Indy Jigsaw<\/a> programmes on the the theme of creating a Constitution for an independent Scotland. There are moves afoot to to draft a provisional constitution which would safeguard us immediately after independence until we have a fully discussed and formulated Constitution in place. Our two main guests were Mike Russell, former Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, and Dr Elliot Bulmer a constitutional expert well-versed in working with governments abroad to strengthen their nations’ constitutional foundation. You’ll those two programmes in our Indy Jigsaw playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Claim of Right <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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In the process of making these programmes we found ourselves in discussions where the Scottish Claim of Right came up. Sometimes it came up very strongly as when Fiona and I were chatting to activists over in Edinburgh who told us in no uncertain terms that we didn’t need a Constitution because we have the Claim of Right already in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now that struck me as likely to be a bit of an over-statement. The trouble was that I didn’t really know very much about the Claim of Right. So I did a bit research and got my head round the basics. And then had a chat to Fiona about it. Here we are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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