The union: an historical perspective - is it better together or is independence the answer?
Professor Tom Devine, Senior Research Professor in History and Director of the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies, delivers his lecture entitled "In bed with an elephant: why has the Union survived for over three centuries?". The lecture is followed by a debate, on the subject "Is the UK falling apart? Scotland and the future of the Union". Professor Charlie Jeffery, Director of the University's Academy of Government, chairs a panel debate on the future of the Union. Recorded on 22 June 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's McEwan Hall.

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