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?

Robin Millar is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Aberconwy since the 2019 general election. He was born in Bangor in Wales.