If you are asking what the SNP is going to do about the dismantling of our democracy and obliteration of our national identity by the British state then you are asking the wrong question. To paraphrase John Fitzgerald Kennedy, ask not what a bunch of politicians might do for you, but what you are prepared … Continue reading Defiance! Not compliance!
The following started off as a reply to somebody on Facebook wanting to know what they could do to put pressure on Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government in order to force them to act on the constitutional issue. I had been meaning to write something about this anyway. This will serve. Other than shrugging … Continue reading Combination is the key
That England-as-Britain "pays so little attention, has so little interest and care really for Scotland, other than as a useful appendage" was as true in 2014 as it is now. That didn't deter Professor AC Grayling from participating in the woeful celebrity photo-op that was the 'let's stay together' campaign. England-as-Britain's disdain for Scotland had … Continue reading The useful appendage
The deceptively pleasing fantasy is that Scotland is on the verge of restoring independence. That independence is ' but a step away' or 'within our grasp'. At the extreme the deceptively pleasing fantasy shades into the truly demented delusion that 'independence has never been closer'.
Imagine if someone suggested that all campaigning on the climate issue had to stop. Imagine trying to discuss the future without taking account of what environmental campaigners are saying. It would be nonsensical.
Brexit is a distillation of all that is wrong with the Union. But we must never lose sight of the fact that Brexit is only a symptom. The Union is the disease. It is the Union which says such iniquities not only can but must be imposed on Scotland. Such is the very nature of the Union.
The British state has always considered it imperative to keep Scotland under London control. That's what the Union is all about.
Delyth Jewell may be overstating things somewhat when he describes Mark Drakeford's statement as marking a "monumental day in the history of the Welsh nation". First Minister Drakeford has done no more than state the obvious when he says, If you believe the UK is a voluntary association of four nations you have to face … Continue reading The disintegrating Union
Now, you could be forgiven for thinking this is just another ill-informed, under-educated, narrow-minded, shallow-thinking, London-based hack exhibiting all the dumb parochialism we've come to expect from that hapless breed.
Far from the least of the problems with Theresa May's latest attempt to make the rough-hewn square peg of Brexit fit the well-formed round hole of reality is the question of trust. For example, when the British government undertakes to pay “due regard” to European Court of Justice (ECJ) rulings relating to the rules the … Continue reading A question of trust
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