Scotland was once a land of visionaries, we thought we had a Party leading us who also had a vision, but somewhere along the road that changed.

Does that mean the vision, the dream is dead?

Never, what it means is we have to re-draw the map. We have to allow the sat-nav to re-route us!

Vision does not always rely on physical sight. The leader of the ISP although nearly blind has more vision for Scotland than most of us have in our little finger.

Her understanding of what a free Sovereign Scotland could and will be is an example to us all. Colette is not alone, thousands of us are on the same journey taking a very different route. We just changed the sat-nav destination to The Hague!

We veered off and took the ring road!!!

Yesterday the SNP gave in.….a little! They say they will after all hold discussions with other Yes parties, but there was a caveat! These other Parties must have an elected representative! Well, that narrows it down a bit, but it is a start!

The problem for me is, that these parties believe Parliament is Sovereign, not the People! Which in reality means, more of the same. Either the Claim of Right stands in its entirety or it doesn’t stand at all.

Also, neither of these Parties seems to realise that as long as they sit in the Holyrood building they are endorsing the Westminster system. The property is a parcel of the Westminster estate, Devolution made it so.

To think outside of the box, think Kosovo ( without the war!!) Their Sovereignty was only recognised by the ICJ because they didn’t sit in the Youguslavia Parliament after they won their election!

They created their own Parliament in a separate building and got International recognition by doing so…..could we be brave enough to do this?

If we want the dream we have to be brave enough to walk the walk not just talk the talk!!

Yes, groups and other Yessers need to have a complete re-think because those at the top have parked Independence as a priority.

And we must be bold in our thinking.

Liberation is showing the way without Politicians, they are not taking the Referendum road they are taking the Sovereignty road like many countries before us.

Wouldn’t it feel good ‘to matter’ again? To live in a country where we had a continual say! Not just in Elections every 5 years but input into everything.

Many, many years ago a friend writing a reference for me said this…’ Joan doesn’t suffer fools lightly’! When it comes to those who lead us…..I haven’t changed!!

For me, Leadership is about respect, respect for the people you lead and the country you lead. You do not punish them for your mistakes!

Therefore I ask all Yessers to be strong in their resolve and not give up, just change the sat- nav!