Those who consider themselves part of the wave of democratic dissent risen in Scotland must decide whether they are content to remain a dissenting tendency within the British state or whether they want to be a countervailing power - and are prepared to organise accordingly.
I note both Jeremy Corbyn and Jacob Rees-Mogg claiming that the people of the UK are sovereign. Corbyn refers to "the people in whom the sovereignty rests", while Rees-Mogg appears to acknowledge the people as the source of all legitimate political authority when he say "sovereignty comes from the people to parliament". This is interesting … Continue reading No Damascene conversion
Peter A Bell 