Westminster politicians are hell bent on trying to close down social media, they think that by doing so, all their problems will disappear… they won’t!

It is not SM that divides most people; it is the perception of two-tier policies.

SM is only a conduit, one used by people to vent their feelings. And the government don’t like it when those feelings are aimed at them!

When people see unfair treatment of one group over another, they react. Unfortunately, that reaction, in the hands of a few, turns to violence, and we end up in this never-ending circle of blame.

My Q is, if Councils, can now use ex RAF and Army Barracks for housing, why can’t they do a mixture of tenures. To only house one group over another is segregation and discrimination, not integration!

Or is that too simple a remedy for all?

Surely it is time to go back to the drawing board and rethink a few policies, or at the very least be consistent in the delivery of the ones we have. Because it is those inconsistenies that are causing the problem!

Inconsistency erodes trust.

When politicians react in panic rather than respond to a situation, we get bad decisions.

Scotland has always been a welcoming country; it is not the people who are changing that perception, but rather the way officials deliver policies. An illustration may be how councils interpret ‘integration’ when housing new families wherever they may come from.

Integration is a two-way street, not a takeover, and requires us all to play our part. Humanity demands that of all of us.

We may be divided about what is shown on SM, but the real question is why people feel the need to post such controversial photos and videos in the first place.

Whatever the motive, they tell a story and banning them will not silence the story but might produce something worse. So I would ask our politicians to respond, not react.

Control is overkill and lays the foundation for future problems…big problems!

We need to bring trust back into politics, and the only way to do that is to re-create a level playing field and less prevarication.

And in Scotland if that means considering the smaller parties, then all to the good.

To many Scots, still think asking Westminster for a Sec 30 is the golden way forward; what they fail to understand is that by just asking, we are acknowledging and accepting power over us!

I agree with Peter Bell when he says the Yes movement will never unite in any meaningful way, why, because we all have our party red lines. The election in May proved that.

That leaves us with Salvo/ Liberation.scot, the only train that is moving, and it’s non-political, and it must remain so.

Politics won’t unite us, but, gathering around one cause can!

So let’s all climb aboard and make this happen.

Dump Devolution and go for gold. Gold for us is the Claim of Right, the one thing Westminster has been unable to remove from the statute books.

We must do this whilst we still have a Scotland to fight for.