Many people associate this saying with death but it can mean any life event. So, I am going to use writers’ privilege and extend it to Political Parties as well!!

All eyes appear to be on today’s By-Election, not sure about the constituents though. Low turnouts seem to be the norm these days.

But even that tells its own story.

Scots want something different and need something different but haven’t yet realised that only they can create that difference. Unfortunately, this By-Election offers nothing in terms of difference, that is why 2026 is so important.

Liberate Scotland will offer just that because every Party under its umbrella are united in offering the difference. For a start, they all believe in Direct Democracy, something that today’s Politicians vehemently dislike. Partly because it does away with the ‘gravy train’ but also takes power away from them and gives it to the People.

That’s us!

For once we could stop feeling helpless!

Governments are supposed to serve the people…. that’s the theory anyway! Can you remember when that last happened?

Manifestos are just window dressings, it’s what’s not in them that worries me.

One thing is for sure, they don’t want any ideas from us, especially on constitutional matters. Any new ideas get a D notice!…. and most of the media happily comply.

These D notices are interesting things, they are supposed to be used only for National Security purposes. Now why would the Scottish Constitution come under that heading?

I’m sure you can come up with a few answers!!

Does this come under ‘serving the people’ or serving Westminster’s agenda?

I fully appreciate that Prime Ministers must react to world affairs, my problem is with PMs who help create problems.

We can only bury our heads in the sand for so long, at some point we have to acknowledge that we…..yes we….are part of the problem here in Scotland.

We must stop being part of the problem and become part of the solution. That will require action, getting people out to vote, and convincing them they have something to vote for!

The polls say the vote for YES is 54%+ but if they don’t come out and vote it’s game over for Scotland.

The danger of sitting back and letting others do it is…..they might be sitting back and waiting for you to do it…..there is no such thing as too many activists!!

Parties are coming together to create something new, something never done before in Scotland….something all Yessers can get behind.

Be part of this new creation, people said it could never be done….Liberate Scotland is doing it!