Nicola Sturgeon is back home after her visit to the USA. However, without any obvious trade deal or economic benefit accruing from the visit, it looks like the trip will be marked down as another item in the Scottish Government’s news grid that is forgotten about within a week. I’d like to suggest that, for her next foreign visit, the First Minister does something a little more long-lasting.

Scotland has a problem. No, not that one. Or that one. It’s a problem that if you squint your eyes, you can see, menacingly, on the horizon. Its distance makes it all the more challenging to solve, as politicians focus on the present and at furthest the next election.

With the right ideas, energy and boldness Euro 2028 can be a celebration of the different cultures across the British Isles. The UK government can demonstrate it is a government for all by engaging with the devolved governments on an equal footing. It will also show the benefits of membership of the UK: with opportunity and diversity on our doorsteps.

In the real world, we must start and build a movement for change. I think about lifting our eyes a little to the potential that Scotland has and the opportunities that are there for the taking – opportunities I have had in my own life.

For those of us who believe in our responsibility as global citizens, the UK represents our best vehicle for influencing progressive change in the world.

The UK government has done the right thing in extending the immigration to offer to Hong Kongers. But the government have done little to pro-actively attract emigrees from Hong Kong. This represents a huge opportunity for Scotland to instead attract some of the most talented and capable Hong Kongers who otherwise might have chosen to relocate to London, or elsewhere in the south of England.

The World Cup: a tournament that the UK and Ireland should host in 2030. From the UK government’s perspective, it would be an opportunity to reaffirm the deep cultural bonds that exist across the UK. It would also show the UK delivering for Scotland, much more than any technocratic policy announcement ever could.

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