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The aim of the Party is to end the Union, restore Scotland’s status as an independent nation, and establish a modern democratic republic.
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The root purpose of the Union was then and is now to ensure that England (now acting as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) has an unassailable advantage over Scotland in all …
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Ash Regan’s article is all wishful thinking and no substance. Can I possibly be the only person who is heartily sick of politicians draping themselves in the beautiful dream for no purpose ot…
on Mon, 11AM
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Yet again we find a nominally pro-independence political party using the language of Scotland’s cause as a tawdry electioneering device.
on Dec 8
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As you will have noticed, there has been a glitch with the launch of the New Scotland Party website. As you will also know, this is hardly unusual for ventures such as this. We are at the mercy of …
on Dec 3
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We are here today to launch New Scotland Party. Not just a new party, but a party which aims to be very different from existing parties. New party! New thinking! New Scotland!
on Nov 30
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New Scotland Party appeals to people who have realised that there is no route to independence through the legal and constitutional armour protecting a grossly asymmetric political Union which makes…
on Nov 29
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Lochaber Talks Tuesday 26 November 2024
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Talking with Eddie Morgan (Lochaber Talks) about the launch of New Scotland Party.
on Nov 28
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TNT Wednesday 27 November 2014
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Talking to John Drummond on the TNT Show.
on Nov 28
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A true constitutional referendum
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The following suggested criteria for a true constitutional referendum were first published in July 2023 as an appendix to the Stirling Directive. I republish them here following a conversation with…
on Nov 28
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Take back our parliament! Take back our nation!
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The Union can only be ended by an Act of the Scottish Parliament and a confirmatory referendum which also can only happen if it is authorised and legislated for by the Scottish Parliament.
on Nov 25
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Being a pragmatist, I long since recognised that the SNP served two functions. It was the ‘party of independence’. And it was the shield protecting us against that ‘Grand Alliance…
on Nov 20
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Perhaps Lesley chose the word ‘connection’ because the term ‘combination’ would have been too obviously at odds with observable reality.
on Nov 18
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Voters are flattered by assurances regarding their democratic power while the system works to nullify that power. In a system designed to serve established power, there are only “establishmen…
on Nov 18
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It is now four days since I published my last article, and as my fellow bloggers will be well aware, if you don’t feed the beast at least twice a week, it is likely to sicken and die. So, you…
on Nov 16
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New Scotland Party Launch Event
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What more fitting tribute could there be to Alex Salmond’s unwavering tenacity than that the New Scotland Party launch event should proceed as planned at 10am on St Andrew’s Day in the Saluta…
on Nov 12
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Now, if everybody will just empty their heads of all thought, Thom and his party loyalist pals will whip up a batch of instant ‘Spirit of 2014’ to fill the void. Won’t that be won…
on Nov 11
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There is no rational reason to suppose polling 60% for Yes would alter anything. Believing that it will is a faith position. It has nothing whatever to do with evidence or reasoned argument.
on Nov 9
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New Scotland Party is a national and constitutional party solely focused on the issue of Scotland’s constitutional status and settlement.
on Nov 7
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Even if Anas Sarwar did have a right to “instruct” those British Labour MPs, he would be very unlikely to do so because this would risk the humiliation of being countermanded not by Sir…
on Nov 5
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Modern slaves are not in chains, they are in debt. If someone holds your debt, they hold the slavemaster’s whip. That whip may rarely be used. But you are never unaware of its existence. The …
on Oct 30
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You see Kemi Badenoch’s problem. Ask any British politician about the Union and they will be just as discomfited as she was. It’s a line of questioning which ultimately demands answers …
on Oct 28
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The liberation of Scotland requires that we rid ourselves of all that which defines Scotland as the annexed territory of England-as-Britain. Nothing does this more effectively than the British mona…
on Oct 27
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In the real-life context of the ‘Salmond affair’, there has as yet been no comeuppance whatever. There is a powerful sense of a great wrong having been done with no consequences for the…
on Oct 24
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The moment of small epiphany came with recognition that the SNP is not the vehicle. A better analolgy would present the Scottish Parliament as the vehicle, with the SNP as the driver and the Scotti…
on Oct 20
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Gradualism, partialism and reasonableism are crippling Scotland’s cause.
on Oct 9
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Swimming in a sea of stupidity
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It is easy enough to understand why people might dislike and distrust political parties. You only have to give the existing parties a cursory glance to see the ineptitude, venality and corruption. …
on Oct 7
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We already have professional, scientific polling which can provide a fairly reliable reflection of support for independence. What does #GetCounted do that the polls don’t? What value does it …
on Oct 6
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The English oath is thrown over Scotland without regard for fit in a manner reminiscent of the territorial annexation of our nation. The oath can be seen as a metaphor, pointedly reminding the peop…
on Oct 2
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The reality is that if we want the power to decide Scotland’s constitutional future to be held in Scotland, we will have to wrench that power from Britannia’s jealous grasp.
on Sep 29
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Just as politicians should fear the people, party leaders should fear the membership. If party leaders don’t fear the membership, they will surely become politicians who don’t fear the …
on Sep 28
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As one of those pro-independence voters cast aside by the SNP, I can say what would be the price of me even considering giving them my vote in the next Holyrood election.
on Sep 27
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A stench of British politicians
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What we must now recognise is that all who engage with the British political system are inevitably drawn into its corrosive schemes and infected with its twisted priorities.
on Sep 27
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Under these proposals, the British would be able to forestall a referendum that might put their precious Union in jeopardy by calling a referendum that it could ensure posed no threat whatever to t…
on Sep 27
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Give us a purpose to unite around and we will have the unity of purpose that animates and energises passive commitment to a cause.
on Sep 23
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I just wish I could believe that John Swinney was summoning the ‘spirit of 2014’ for the sake of Scotland’s cause.
on Sep 19
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2014-24: Scottish Independence and the British State 10 Years On
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If we mean to restore to the Scottish Parliament the powers which rightfully belong there, those powers will have to be taken. If we let the British state take the power of veto over the exercise o…
on Sep 17
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Whether Sturgeon was a plant or not, the impact of her stupidity was the same. She threw the wet blanket of time on the fire of post-2014 passion.
on Sep 12
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It’s that combination thing again!
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The closest we might get to the kind of combination so many people say they want is unity of purpose. Unity of purpose presupposes a purpose. There can be no unity of purpose absent a purpose.
on Sep 3
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I now realise – not without a degree of discomfort – that ‘mobisuasion’ is what I have long been advocating for Scotland’s cause.
on Aug 29
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The SNP leadership has little time and few opportunities to make some kind of positive impression on the people it has so egregiously alienated over the past decade.
on Aug 28
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New Scotland Party is needed because there is currently no party with a credible strategy for restoring Scotland’s independence.
on Aug 27
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That the “reservation of the constitution to the UK Parliament” must be removed is an inescapable fact. That the British state will consent to and cooperate with its removal is an unmis…
on Aug 26
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As ever, the SNP leadership has done just enough to take the edge off members’ dissatisfaction, but nothing that they can’t ‘manage’ at conference so that it does cause any …
on Aug 15
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New Scotland Party: Slow progress
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New Scotland Party is Scotland’s party of national liberation. This is not just a form of words. It is a way of thinking about the constitutional issue which contrasts sharply with the ‘…
on Aug 12
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New Scotland Party will never stand candidates in Westminster elections. That’s our take on abstention.
on Aug 8
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The people responsible for the rioting in England are planning to hold a rally in Glasgow’s George Square on Saturday 7 September. Can anyone doubt that they intend bringing to Scotland the m…
on Aug 6