We know there are snakes in both governments but who are the snakes in the independence movement? Who are the manipulators who move silently amongst us, sometimes even climbing the ladders of influence?

Nothing happens by accident; a word spoken in the right place can wreak havoc, causing many followers to fall away in frustration.

Discussion is one thing; sabotage is quite another, and we need to learn the difference. There is a saying, ‘We are what we eat’!! I would also say, ‘We are what we speak’! Often, our words betray us by revealing our true feelings and beliefs. And once spoken they can never be taken back.

As Salvo/Liberation near their goal, it should come as no surprise that some will seek to muddy the waters. Whilst remaining wary of these people we can also take it as a compliment. Vigilance is the name of the game!

The Scottish goverment and the media are pushing Devolution as if it is a viable option; it is not. One leads to a longer chain; the other offers eventual freedom, if we choose it! Those last four words are important. Scotland’s status alone will not bring change; only we can do that.

Capturing the imagination of people will not be an easy task as many see this as a political issue rather than a constitutional one, and for some, the two are the same!

We have a huge task ahead of us. Wearing the label of ‘I am a member’ will not be enough; we need every hand on the plough!

Is this the week the world starts getting back to normal? Trump loses power,[however, they must impeach him, because he still has Veto powers, he is only a lame duck not a dead one!] Netenyahu loses power and Zelensky is on a shooglie peg!

There will be many fundamental Christians weeping into their boots today!

It certainly feels as if things are changing geopolitically.

But the burning question is, how will Burnham react to these changes? For instance, will he stop sending billions to Zelensky after seeing the pictures that surfaced last night? Or is Westminster going to continue to support the torture of young people as they did genocide?

This is the problem with sitting on the fence: you usually end up on the wrong side.

This week has proved that anything is possible!

We just have to want it bad enough!

In Scotland we have to decide which is more important school satchels or separation? But then as I am sure someone will remind me, you can’t separate from something you’ve never joined, even though our FM is diving even deeper into devolution, his safe place!

Remember Charles is not our king and Hadrian’s Wall still stands!!!

People are starting to rise, but unfortunately, the ‘thug’ element always gets the attention, with the MSM putting everyone else in the same boat.

It is clear that the Salvo/Liberation.scot efforts will soon bear fruit, as they also appear to be under attack from unexpected sources. Bad actors are coming to the fore, or is it egos?

Well, one thing is for sure, we don’t!

I suppose after 3 weeks of illness, one of which was spent in hospital, I could have had plenty to rant about, but this caught my eye this morning.

Individual power rarely exists these days. From controlling our own money to trying to get discharged from hospitals, the system is designed to make life as difficult as possible.

But there is still one way we can start to get our power back, through the Ballot Box. It may take time, but it is doable!

However, we won’t get it by continuing to vote for failure. The £2 bus fare and school bags for kids will not further the struggle for independence. Neither will an FM who accepts more devolution whilst uttering the word independence. To him, it is just a word and that is all.

We are however our own worst enemy, as long as we continue to nitpick over the words and concerns of our fellow nationalists, we destroy the cause we fight for.

It seems it is okay for the Dept of Health to worry about the possibility of incoming diseases, but if a citizen expresses the same concern, suddenly they are racist!

Get a grip, for God’s sake!

Sometimes it feels like there are those out there just waiting to pounce; I keep asking myself why.

As long as we peehee to these people we allow them to control what we think and say. Freedom of speech is just that, the freedom to express ourselves!

Scotland has the ability to be one of the greatest countries in the world, let’s not spoil that possibility by arguing amongst ourselves.

Unity also means harmony!

Before Scotland can move any further forward, playground politics needs to be firmly put back into the playground.

Now is the time for the adults to step forward!

I am so sick of hearing words like…he or she said!

Nobody is asking people to be ‘best buddies’…Civility will do!

There are some strong people within the Independence movement, but along with strength, humility is required…that is real strength

We may not agree with everything others are doing for Scotland, but we should at least show respect for their efforts; otherwise, we will fall on our own swords.

Fences need mending because something big is coming down the road, something that will require everyone to pull together. A decision from the UN on our status is only the beginning, then the real hard work begins by restoring the mechanisms of the past…the powerhouse!

They say you have to be ‘in it, to win it’ never was there a truer saying. But if we don’t let go of the past as individuals and groups…we won’t be! Events will overtake us and we will be left out in the cold.

Soon a bit of history will be up for grabs; don’t let egos stop you from grabbing it!

If it came from the playground, leave it there!

If I have left you with big questions then you haven’t been paying attention to Salvo!

I remember during the Brexit campaign writing a piece about how difficult it would be to unravel Brexit. The photo I used was of a plate of spaghetti!

Now, there is a way of eating spaghetti, although I never seem to master it!

Well, the metaphorical spaghetti has been thoroughly unravelled, and we’re left with what feels like an empty plate!

Yet everything still feels very messy! Maybe that is because nothing has filled the void, creating space for chaos.

Millions worldwide took to their feet over the weekend, voicing their discontent with geopolitics. In Japan and the Netherlands, they marched in support of Palestine, meanwhile, the French took over Paris and set it on fire, I believe the death toll was 5!

I have mentioned only three countries, but there are many more including our own.

There is a difference between ‘serving’ and ‘self-serving’! And sadly it is the latter that has brought us to this place.

Who, pays the piper?

There are laws, and they cannot be executed on a two-tier system; no other country in the world applies the Law according to the customs of another country. Yet that is what we see and it is that which angers people and why they are taking to the streets.

The problem is not the police, it is politicians interfering with the police.

Politicians lose their credibility the first time they choose to bend the rules. Whether it be for Party, personal gain or just remaining silent, the trust has gone and people don’t forget.

I have a feeling our new PM has seriously bent the rules recently.

Trust, is like a plant, it has to grow, it doesn’t just arrive on a golden platter. This is why it is important to know who you are voting for on a local or national level. Forget the hype but always look for the groundwork, those with proven work within your community. The spade work matters!

…and it’s going to get a whole lot worse!

If you think that you, as a citizen, matter, I have news for you… You don’t!

The two big stories of the week, have become so embellished with lies that they have become reduced to fantasies.

The TRUTH, fled politics years ago.

Social media gets blamed for spreading misinformation but the reality is, without the live on-scene accounts of many events and interviews with real people, unafraid to tell it how it is, we would have to rely on the bias of the press and politicians.

It is almost as if the politicians are following one path and we, the people they are supposed to serve, are on another…and that’s the way they want it.

The language used is more or less the same as it always has been, but now we have to second-guess every phrase spoken as a few subtle words are thrown into the mix.

It took nearly 12 hours for people to realise that Burnhams new Care Deal wasn’t quite what they thought. Once you unravelled the words a different deal emerged!

But the saddest thing of all is that most people suck it up and couldn’t care less…until the changes land on their doorstep or through the letter box! But by then it’s too late…damage done!

When people start waving ‘red flags’ take note!

I hope the folks in Carlisle are noticing the red flags circling Annan right now, because something that big is bound to have implications for the surrounding area.

Now is not the time to have a NIMBY attitude!

There was a time when you could see a clear dividing line between Labour and the Tories. That line is gone, it’s now about who can upstage the other on the world stage and who can make the biggest lie sound like the truth!

Social media, even with its faults, is still the best platform for finding the truth, why else would the government want to control it?

Let’s face it, after last week’s farce, they can’t even get “Fake” right!

The clowns have well and truly taken over the circus!

Can we stop this merry-go-round?

We could have, in May, but now we must live with the consequences of our actions for a few years and possibly endure a few more failed PMs!

Now, all of a sudden exiting the EU was a big mistake…who would have known? We now have Burnham and Swinney singing from the same hymn sheet, but they forget the big bogeyman…Deregulated Freeports and SEZs. A new deal may be possible, but it can’t be like the past all singing and dancing one we had.

We will pay a price for the foolishness of our politicians, and there lies the problem with today’s political system…no recall, but a hefty pension if they lose their seat!

Government and Local Authorities, hope you won’t! And when it comes to public consultations, they not only hope you won’t participate, they’ve proven, over and over again, that they won’t listen anyway!

The Law states, that on some matters, they have to ask but not that they have to listen!!

The whole system is built to enable those in power, to use and abuse that power at the voter’s expense.

Nothing happens by accident, somewhere along the line a politician, local or national will make a decision, whether that be in the interests of a Party or the people, is always debatable, either way, the stone has started to roll and can very seldom be stopped.

That’s just the way it is, and it will remain that way until we put people into power who believe in real democracy.

Not only is there a By-election in Argyll & Bute, but there is also going to be one in D&G in what is fast becoming a very important area…Annan!

https://news.stv.tv/west-central/plans-submitted-for-worlds-largest-data-centre-at-former-chapelcross-nuclear-power-station

Now, if the thought of this doesn’t make the hairs on your neck stand up, nothing will!!

8… yes, 8 giant centres in one place!

They say the air temperature rises by about 2 degrees around 1 centre within an area of 6 miles…we are talking 8 centres in this one area!

Think about that folks!

God only knows how much electricity it will take to run them and only one existing pipeline from the River Annan to cool them down…even with a closed-loop system.

The question is, will the Council listen to the people’s concerns?

Will they even officially consult with the local people?

Worldwide, these Data Centres are failing to adhere to their own environmental estimates, with many having to be closed down!

What happened to looking after the planet and where have all those Green Taxes gone to do so?

It is widely accepted that when it comes to the future of Scotland, it is the people of Scotland who should have the final say, they in this sense being the residents or locals!!

Bringing that premise further down the chain to local authorities, should it not also be important that those who stand in local elections, are also ‘local’?

If Scots know what is best for Scotland, then locals know what is best for their community! We seem to have arrived at a place where frequent flyers are flown in to represent a Party rather than the local people!

An example of this can be found in the Mid-Argyll, LA, By-Election.

All ‘Wards’/ Communities are different and bring with them their own individual problems. Only someone who lives there would know and understand that.

Looking at the list, only one person qualifies, at that is…

I understand Fiona has lived there for 40 years…enough time to know every nook and cranny, and all the problems that come with living in that part of the world.

It’s called ‘The Power of Local’! Because being local really matters in rural Scotland.

It’s time to restore balance by bringing local people into local politics.

Don’t you just love it, when an evil plan fails to come together?

But the question remains, who threw the first pebble hoping for an eventual tidal wave of trouble? A very thin thread has always held the Good Friday Agreement together.

Not just a political one but also a religious one. They say ‘politics and religion should never mix’ but the reality is, throughout the world they do..

Christians, Zionists, and Islamists all fight each other in the name of one God! It is the fundamentalists from all these religions who claim the right to fight these holy or not–so-holy-wars!

However, it appears the good people of NI are having none of it, with both sides coming together and making a stand for good and for right.

Maybe we could learn something from this in Scotland. Some things are bigger than our differences, that something being Independence!

It took a crisis on Galvaghy Rd to bring this community together… When will our crisis point come?

Questions need to be asked about who pressed the destruction button in Portadown and why, and questions need to be asked here about who, exactly, is playing fast and loose with Independence.

Sometimes we just have to move on to a different pond and make our own waves… isn’t that what Salvo is doing?

And it is a very big pond indeed!

We each hold a pebble in our hands; it’s where you throw it that matters!

Why now after 27 years are the Orange Lodge being allowed to march down the Garvaghy Rd?

Why has the British government said yes to this provocation? Burnham may try to pass the buck by saying it is up to the PSNI but the reality is very different. Nobody makes a move like this in NI without the British saying so.

The answer is, Unification is closing in!

And if they will go to these lengths in NI what will they do in Scotland as we ramp up support for Independence? Desperate people do desperate things. And yes the two are linked as much by symbolism as anything else. One would act as a trigger for the other.

It’s that pebble in the pond!

Never underestimate how evil some people can be. Only this time is different: the world is watching, minute by minute, and they can plainly see the motives behind the decision.

In the 60s everything came to us second-hand, carefully edited and biased. Now through the internet, we see first hand and are able to make our own judgment.

So my Q remains the same…why now?

As does my answer…Unification!

Beware the Celtic three, Westminster will not sit back and let this train run!