Gordon & Douglas Alexander write for the Fabian Society: Stronger Together, Weaker Apart

Gordon Brown and Douglas Alexander argue that Scotland and England are Stronger Together in their new pamphlet for the Fabian Society.

Chancellor Gordon Brown and Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander spoke of their belief in the strength of the Union and its future at the launch of their Fabian pamphlet.
At an event in Edinburgh in April, both authors outlined why Scotland benefits both economically and politically from remaining part of the Union.
They argue that it would not make economic sense for Scotland to break away from the Union with England and Wales.
Trading links have helped create 200,000 more Scottish jobs since 1997 and more Scots in employment than ever before, says the publication.
"Scotland is a country advancing towards full employment instead of a country weighed down by high unemployment and its social consequences."
The authors say the SNP's politics of "grudge and grievance" refuse to recognise these economic realities.
Not only is Scotland linked economically with England, but the countries' populations are linked by migration. A million Scots live south of the border and more than three quarters of a million English people live in Scotland.
The Union gives Scotland - and Britain - a powerful international voice, at a time when many political challenges are international, not local.
Issues such as climate change, international terrorism and poverty need collective not individual action, say the authors.