More people are in work than ever before, business performance is making Scotland dynamic and competitive, and we are leading the world in financial services and life sciences.
In this session, we have achieved a new school every week, record attainment levels and universities in the world-class league. We have created new opportunities and have stimulated new aspirations. We came here to tackle poverty, to support enterprise and to deliver world-class education, and that is what we have done. We came here to change lives, not perpetually to change the constitution. Labour and Liberal Democrat members came to the Parliament to make devolution work. It is a changing partnership that demonstrates the capacity to renew itself and to adapt to new challenges. All that has happened within the partnership that is the United Kingdom. Under the union, Scots have been prominent in the worlds of the media and politics, as we saw yesterday, when Gordon Brown dominated the stage. Under the union, Scotland is number 2 in the European league for employment. Under the union, we have seen the Edinburgh International Festival and the fringe grow in international stature year on year. Under the union, we have seen the growth and influence of Scottish values and identity at home and across the world. Under the union, Scottish discovery and enterprise flourished through the achievements of Watt, Logie Baird and Fleming, which still make Scots proud today. Under the union, we saw the 18 th century enlightenment, when Scots such as David Hume and Adam Smith led intellectual debate across the world. Scotland's separatists argue that our partnership in the United Kingdom has failed Scotland apparently, we have been held back and undermined for many years.
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