Debate: Rethinking the Union, Part 2 (2012 event)

David Cameron may not be popular among Scottish voters but he
raises an intriguing argument. Scotland would, he claims, lose
its influence on the international stage and be marginalised by
organisations such as the UN and NATO. Worse, Scotland’s entry
into the European Union may be vetoed by a Spanish government
anxious not to spark its own regional independence issues. Does
Cameron’s argument add up, or is he just scaremongering? The
outspoken former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister Tony Benn, joined
Dr Nicola McEwen, Director of Public Policy at the Academy of
Government and Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of
Edinburgh and Alyn Smith, Scotland’s youngest member of the
European Parliament, to debate this political hot potato in an
event chaired by Scotland correspondent for the Guardian, Severin
Carrell. It was recorded live at the 2012 Edinburgh International
Book Festival.