Independence asks questions of us all. Getting it is one thing, but then comes the, what after?

Where are the building blocks, where is the transition strategy?

It is one thing to want to run your own country but quite another to actually do it. At the moment we have more or less a blank canvas with a few ideas knocking around…..some very good I may add. But at what point do all these back-room groups get together to form a national strategy to take us forward?

The pieces in the jigsaw need to start coming together and that will require people who would not normally speak to each other, to start speaking. Everyone talks about the need for a Convention…..is there one planned…..I mean a real one?

It’s no use talking about a Convention, then to just invite the favoured few. All groups and all parties should be at the table, to do otherwise would just be controlling the narrative.

A full representation is essential.

You cannot build a house without a detailed plan, one that has passed scrutiny, creating a new country is no different. The devil is always in the details. Some things can be pliable others are set in stone…..like a new modern Constitution. But in the end it must be the people who give the final approval.

The question of ‘moving on or holding on’ is important. We must look at the kind of Democracy we have. Is the one we have worthy of simulation or can we aspire to something better?

Is it time to turn our politicians back to serving the country, rather than the masters they have become?

The ‘misstress’ who now runs our economy has gone from blaming geopolitics to blaming Thatcher for her even bigger black hole, she must have forgotten about the Blair years in between.

Either way, we in Scotland can plan to change the system and each one of us can have a say in how we do it.

Liberate Scotland offers that choice. They have switched the Hope light back on!