
What does sovereignty mean for Scotland and its people?
Continuing our special week of coverage on self-determination, Sean Bell explores whether an independent Scotland would equal a sovereign Scotland? And what would it take it to achieve sovereignty in reality as well as principle?
HALFWAY through Nicola Sturgeon’s statement before Holyrood on Wednesday [24 April] – an address otherwise framed in scrupulously diplomatic terms of apparent outreach, inclusivity and attempted consensus – came an unexpected echo of the constitutional radicalism of a different era.