There are some days in your life, when your world turns upside down. A day, when everything you thought you believed in disappears in almost the blink of an eye.

It was a day for decisions, hard ones. A day to stand on Principles.

Principles I knew would perhaps lose me friends, but I wasn’t sure which ones!

Thursday was such a day.

Principles and integrity are very important to me, that is why I choose my friends wisely.

A rift has opened up within the Unity party, it is not my intention to go into a lot of details, because whatever I say will by its very nature be deemed as justifying the actions of one side or the other.

First, let me answer a Q. Do I regret promoting The Alliance to Liberate Scotland?

The answer is simple…..NO, I DO NOT.

My blog has always been neutral, apart from criticism of our governing Party. Nor did I ever criticise Alba!

Sadly, over the past few days the ground has shifted and being one of the co-founder members of the ISP and on the executive, I have had to stand back and take stock.

I have listened, read accounts of the happenings, and yes I have cried as I saw the walls of unity come tumbling down.

Each account was obviously given through raw emotion.

For me personally, it was not about personalities, but rather about the process of how some decisions were made.

In any Alliance trust and respect matter. And when you are in such an alliance each party must, in my opinion be aware of how the ripples of their decisions may affect the other stakeholders.

Whatever happens going forward, I trust Independence will remain at the top of the agenda for all concerned.

Let us be mindful of our words on SM……Karma has a habit of biting back. There’s been a crack, let’s not make it a chasm.

The ISP has made a statement, a decision was made and I endorse it. But it only leaves me with an overwhelming sense of sadness.

The experiment in Unity did work, it was the rules…..the Westminster rules, that changed the dynamics.

Party politics may have returned but we still need to unite around Independence.

This is the only flag that matters…….