Following an introductory chapter exploring why political argument deals in probability & plausibility across interdependent areas of social activity not certainty in individual areas this book offers a case for independence under six main headings
- the democratic case the economic case the social case the international case the cultural case & the environmental case. Under each heading the case is assessed against both the supportive evidence & the hostile evidence from a variety of sources concluding with a judgement of where the balance of the evidence points. The book concludes with a selection of populist objections to independence answered by summary rebuttals from the independence file.