Everything you have been told about independence since 2014 rests on one word. Mandate. It is repeated constantly, almost reflexively. Every election becomes about it. Every result is framed through it. “If we win, we have a mandate.” “If pro-independence parties win, that is a mandate.” “The people have spoken.” It sounds powerful. It sounds… Read More The SNP Mandate Illusion and Why It Has Never Meant Power
After my last post, most of the reaction wasn’t actually about what I wrote, it was about one line. The moment I said I would be voting Reform UK, that became the focus. For some of you, that was enough to dismiss everything else. For others, it created just enough friction to make you stop… Read More Breaking the Loop and Why I’m Voting the Way I Am
For the last four years, I’ve taken a step back from this blog. Not because I stopped believing in independence, but because I began to understand something far more uncomfortable about what had happened to the movement itself. In that time, I only wrote four posts, each marked simply as “days”. Some of you will… Read More Four Years Away and What I Finally Understood
I tasked myself a couple of weeks ago that i would compare Scotland and England with all remaining 27 EU member states across 11 major areas of their economies on a per population basis. It makes sense to compare across the population size as this is a better reflection of how the economy spreads across… Read More Scotland – The Wealthiest Country in Europe (Truth Exposed)
Many of you will recall that i wrote a blog post in October 2018 titled “Irrefutable Proof – Its not Scotland that’s too poor to be independent, Its England“. That blog post illustrated, and all sourced from official websites, that on a income and resource level, Scotland out performed England on a population basis in… Read More Irrefutable Evidence – Scotland’s Direct European Wealth Comparisons.
For the past couple of months I have noticed, as have many others that some SNP MPs have stated that holding a plebiscite election in May 2021 that would allow us to be come independent is a dead end route and will actually harm our cause. I will say, at the point I read Pete… Read More Plebiscite Vote in 2021 – Truth or Fiction?
Its been a while since I wrote a blog post because, to be honest, the current pandemic has put perspective on what is important at this moment in time, however, the recent events in the UK cannot really be ignored any longer, and, like many of you, I get the distinct feeling that pretty much… Read More Joining Up the Political Stunts!
I’ve put off writing this blog post for a couple of days but something occurred yesterday that has made me pen this, well actually three things occurred yesterday, and another thing has occurred today that has made me decide I need to articulate.
Obviously Corona Virus is on everyone’s mind just now, as it is mine. There are numbers everywhere, and to be honest, not many of them make much sense, and even worse for me as a Scot, the UK numbers make very little sense to me since we are a nation of 4 distinct countries.
I’m sure many of you are aware of the business “guarantees” (Loans) that the Chancellor has announced. If not, there will be £330,000,000,000 made available in the form of low interest loans to businesses.
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