All around us, the world is changing. Technology and innovation are reshaping the future of work, education, medicine and energy. We face existential threats from climate change and the re-emergence of war on our continent. Both here and elsewhere, the tectonic plates of public mood are shifting. It is the job of leaders everywhere to steer the world through this upheaval, to harness its power and shape the future it brings.
Because so much of our politics and our history is the story of energy — where it comes from, how much it costs, what it is used for and who it benefits — I believe the next chapter can be written in Scotland. The next general election will be the first time in a