In his weekly column Common Weal director Robin McAlpine asks readers to take a fresh look at Common Weal’s White Paper Project, which he says is an attempt to plan the establishment of an independent Scottish state so that it is fit for every future, not to impose Common Weal’s vision onto the first democratically elected government

Common Weal director Robin McAlpine argues that establishing a Scottish currency is essential for Scotland to be a properly sovereign independent country and to banish the ‘too wee, too poor’ tag for good

OK, what now? What does the indy movement do next in shaping a pitch for the electorate? Can I suggest that we try to tackle the currency question first, since that will sort the rest out for us.

Robin McAlpine argues that whatever you think about the economics in the SNP’s Sustainable Growth Commission, the political strategy is doomed to fail because it is not based on any data-based analysis of who we need to convince and how we need to convince them

YOU’LL have had your discussion then – how was it for you? Despite the promise that the Growth Commission report was the start of a discussion, the full force of Charlotte Street Partners' lobbying and PR power has merged with the machinery of the SNP leadership. This is now clearly a three line whip.

Common Weal director Robin McAlpine says the Growth Commission’s model of independence, where a foreign state controls Scotland’s monetary policy with no obligation to act in Scotland’s interests, is so alarming that Yes activists must resist it

WHO will set monetary policy in the Growth Commission's Scotland? From this question spirals an alarming vision of our future.

In the proposals Common Weal has set out Scotland would get its own currency and a central bank; monetary policy would be set domestically and democratically.

Common Weal director Robin McAlpine gives his take on the Growth Commission, published today [25 May]

ALL policies tell a story. They are a story about the future, and they are either about one kind of future or another. So what is the story contained in the Growth Commission report?

It's mission statement can be boiled down to this extract, which tells us it is all about...

Common Weal director Robin McAlpine looks at where the case for independence is at as Tory politicians become increasingly belligerent and dismissive in their opposition

FINALLY, the case for independence is moving forward. There have been some serious mistakes made over the last four years (lack of preparation the most serious of all) and we can't afford any more. So can I politely suggest its time for us all to screw the nut. Here are four specific examples.

We're not in Game of Thrones

Common Weal director Robin McAlpine argues that rather than smearing the independence movement with the actions of a small minority, the mainstream media should take responsiblity for its own decisions

I AM FREEDOM. I am truth. I am democracy. I am reason. I don't mean this in any abstract kind of a way, I mean it very specifically – I, personally, am the flesh and bone embodiment of justice.

Common Weal Director Robin McAlpine makes the case for a Scottish National Infrastructure Company as a tool to replace the failed PFI model and to increase the quality of construction in Scotland

Common Weal Director Robin McAlpine makes a final plea for a professional, non-party Yes organisation to drive support for independence now

I HOPE this is the last time I ever write this – I'm getting bored of saying the same thing over and over and so you must be getting bored of hearing it. But if the letters page of the National, the public comments of prominent figures or a big majority of the conversations I've heard all over the country are anything to go by, this is the talk of the steamie.