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My Scotland, Our Britain: A Future Worth Sharingis a highly personal account of Gordon Brown's Scotland, the nation he was born in; and our Britain, the multinational state that the Scots, English, Welsh and Northern Irish have created and share.
Laying bare his family's ancestry over 300 years of the Union and explaining how it shaped his background, Brown charts what it was like growing up in Scotland in the 1950s and 1960s and explains the influence of religion, education and Scotland's unique industrial structure on the shaping of his and Scotland's identity. He sets out the dramatic economic, social and cultural changes of the past 50 years and the vastly different prospects his children will face, demonstrating that a sense of Scottish national identity has always remained strong and how Scottish institutions have always fiercely guarded their independence.
Written before the referendum, Brown argued in My Scotland, Our Britainthat the choice before Scots should not have been seen as a battle between Scotland and Britain. Instead, in tune with Scotland's history of deep engagement with the wider world - as inventors, explorers, traders, missionaries, business leaders and aid workers - the best future for Scots was not to leave Britain but to continue to lead it. Now, with a new afterword Brown reflects upon the referendum campaign, the rejection of independence by the Scottish people, and he continues to make the case for a constitutional settlement that further unites the country.
Laying bare his family's ancestry over 300 years of the Union and explaining how it shaped his background, Brown charts what it was like growing up in Scotland in the 1950s and 1960s and explains the influence of religion, education and Scotland's unique industrial structure on the shaping of his and Scotland's identity. He sets out the dramatic economic, social and cultural changes of the past 50 years and the vastly different prospects his children will face, demonstrating that a sense of Scottish national identity has always remained strong and how Scottish institutions have always fiercely guarded their independence.
Written before the referendum, Brown argued in My Scotland, Our Britainthat the choice before Scots should not have been seen as a battle between Scotland and Britain. Instead, in tune with Scotland's history of deep engagement with the wider world - as inventors, explorers, traders, missionaries, business leaders and aid workers - the best future for Scots was not to leave Britain but to continue to lead it. Now, with a new afterword Brown reflects upon the referendum campaign, the rejection of independence by the Scottish people, and he continues to make the case for a constitutional settlement that further unites the country.
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'Brown writes effectively about how his Scottish background shaped his beliefs' Sunday Times
'Brown's central message ... is sound. Essentially, it is that Scotland is a nation already, with the institutions, freedoms, culture, politics and character that a nation deserves' The Times
'Brown's new book, My Scotland, Our Britain, marks a significant contribution to a venerable genre of Scottish literature' Guardian
'This is by far the most serious and important work about Scottish and British identity to have emerged as a result of the referendum debate. It should be required reading for anyone genuinely considering the arguments before 18 September, or what to do about the UK constitution thereafter'Observer
'Should Scotland go its own way? Independence or interdependence? A novelist and a former prime minister set out the choice for Scotland' FT
'It's a thoughtful, considered work, and its chapters on social justice could well win back a number of Labour waverers flirting with independence' --The Scotsman
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'Brown's central message ... is sound. Essentially, it is that Scotland is a nation already, with the institutions, freedoms, culture, politics and character that a nation deserves' The Times
'Brown's new book, My Scotland, Our Britain, marks a significant contribution to a venerable genre of Scottish literature' Guardian
'This is by far the most serious and important work about Scottish and British identity to have emerged as a result of the referendum debate. It should be required reading for anyone genuinely considering the arguments before 18 September, or what to do about the UK constitution thereafter'Observer
'Should Scotland go its own way? Independence or interdependence? A novelist and a former prime minister set out the choice for Scotland' FT
'It's a thoughtful, considered work, and its chapters on social justice could well win back a number of Labour waverers flirting with independence' --The Scotsman
Gordon Brown served as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, making him the longest-serving Chancellor in modern history. He has been the Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath since 1983 and is now also the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education. Brown's time as Chancellor began with the granting of independence to the Bank of England and was marked by sustained investment in health, education and in the reduction of poverty and overseas aid. As Prime Minister, Brown's tenure coincided with the global financial crisis, and he was one of the first to initiate calls for coordinated global action and chaired the London Summit of 2009. Brown has a First Class Honours degree and a Doctorate in History from the University of Edinburgh and spent his early career working as a lecturer. He is married to Sarah Brown, Chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education, and they live in Fife and London with their two sons, John and Fraser. He is the author of several books and the founder, with his wife, of Theirworld, a charity to whom the profits of this book will be donated.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
- Publication date2015
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- ISBN 13 9781471137501
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