By any comparative international standards, the Union has proved both successful and durable as an arrangement of state. Too often, the case for the United Kingdom relies on nostalgia. A modern argument for the Union cannot rely on our memories of past achievements and sacrifices, however heroic. It must be remade, constantly. The Union is a remarkably enduring constitutional arrangement and a cohesive national state. What is the future of the Union today?

Andrew Bowie is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He has served as the Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since the 2017 general election. In March 2022, Bowie was elected as the Chairman of the Union 1922 Backbench Policy Committee.

Robin Millar is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Aberconwy since the 2019 general election.