The thing to bear in mind is that all those international laws and conventions brought in to end the old imperialism apply to Scotland just as much as they applied to any of the other nations which chose to challenge the remnants of old imperialist power.
If Nicola Sturgeon was determined to try everything before moving on to whatever it was she was minded to do having tried everything else, why did she not toss some eye of newt and toe of frog in a cauldron and simmer gently until Scotland’s independence was restored?
James Kelly seems to have changed his tune about a course of action which he previously denounced as unthinkably irresponsible 'UDI'. More acute observers, of course, realised a long time ago that if Scotland's independence is to be restored this will never be by any process deemed 'legal' by the UK government. It's either 'UDI' … Continue reading A ‘UDI’ of our own
The term UDI is used by the British state to imply that the act of restoring Scotland's independence is somehow improper if it is done without their approval. It is easy to understand why the British political elite would wish to promulgate such a belief. It is impossible to understand why the people of Scotland would accept such curtailment of our right of self-determination.
Rhodesian "UDI" did in fact happen. But in the end the country got into such a mess, they had to ask the British Government to step in to help to sort it out. As a result. "UDI" carries connotations of both illegality and failure.
What people actually mean when they refer to UDI; what they mistakenly identify as UDI, is a process in which a declaration of intent to change Scotland's constitutional status precedes a plebiscite to ratify that proposed change.
Peter A Bell 