Scotland has long been a land of ideas. We’re the land that developed the steam engine, gave the world penicillin, and the TV. From the Enlightenment to the edge of modern medicine, we’ve led the charge while others played catch-up.

But here’s the hard truth. For all our talent and ideas, Scotland is now falling behind. And today, we face a stark choice: to keep drifting into a future of low growth, low productivity and missed opportunity – or act decisively to become a global leader in innovation once again.

A new report to be published this week by the think tank Our Scottish Future lays bare this challenge. We could create 300,000 good jobs over the next ten years – and be in the lead in areas as advanced as precision medicine, quantum computing, carbon capture and storage, and even video games.

Go to Dundee and you’ll find the most advanced video games technologies that rival Grand Theft Auto and which had their origins in the city.

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