There has been a bit of talk about the formation of a new independence party on social media. People frustrated in what they see as…
WITHOUT THEIR ‘NO TO INDYREF2’ IT COULD BE A LONG, HARD ELECTION FOR THE TORIES
I admit it (sad as it may seem) I’m a keen student of the Scottish Conservatives. Having had them as my main and only credible…
AN ‘ADVISORY’ REFERENDUM IS NOT CONSEQUENCE FREE
What a few months it has been for the independence movement. After the SNP’s incredible victory in December we have seen the first clear example…
WE WILL WIN OUR INDEPENDENCE WHEN A MAJORITY OF THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE WANT IT.
We will get our independence when the majority of the people who live and work in Scotland want it. I know it sounds indolently straight…
THE EXAMPLE OF QUEBEC AND WHY WE CAN NOT LOSE ANOTHER INDYREF.
IF you want to see a proper grown-up relationship between a “sub-national” government and a central administration you could look no further than Quebec within…
A PEOPLE’s VOTE AND AN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM. ONLY ONE CAN PREVAIL.
In Scotland there are currently two campaigns being conducted to secure two different and distinct constitutional referendums. One seeks to reverse the decision of the…
A PEOPLE’s VOTE AND SCOTLAND
I really loathe their Brexit. I really do. Never before has the main objective of any Government been to intentionally impoverish the people they serve…
RURAL SCOTLAND AND INDEPENDENCE.
It wasn’t all that long ago. They were the ‘SNP heartlands’ and we seemed unassailable. When I was first elected in 2001 the SNP at…
THE OPTIMUM CONDITIONS FOR INDYREF SUCCESS
It now looks like a second referendum is set to dominate our Depute Leadership contest and I believe that is a good thing. We are…
WE MUST CONDUCT OUR DEBATE WITH RESPECT
Well that’s been quite a couple of days…. In the last few days I’ve been called a ‘poster boy’ for the ultra unionist group Scotland…