If there is one thing I have learned in life it is this, you can’t heal a gaping wound by ignoring it. The PM seems to think the only way to heal the wounds of Brexit and the Scottish Referendum is to focus on the here and now, that being the cost of living.

He fails to realise that the disaster of Brexit can never be fixed.

He also fails to understand that the only way to fix the festering wounds of Scotland and NI is to allow them the right to seek ‘self-determination ’, not put a sticking plaster over the problem.

But all these excuses only hide the real reason Westminster continues to say no, and that is, as far as Scotland goes, our vast resources…the ones paying off their debts!

Burnham may not jump on jets as frequently as Starmer but he is still a hawk, maybe even more so than his predecessor. When one opens our air bases up to a deranged USA President, then we put ourselves in the firing line.

And let’s be honest, Conscripting today’s youth won’t solve the problem!

The youth of today are very different to those in the 50s-60s…very different indeed!

I don’t mean that disparagingly, today’s youth are very switched on about being taken to war and whose war they would be fighting!

Pain, we must at times bear, but not continual misery.

The Right is ours, as is the timing!

Scotland is on a different path now, and when people see the reality, their minds will change and they will take charge.

Will these huge data centres be the straw that breaks the camel’s back? Many ignored the Freeport issue because it seemed unlikely to affect their lives, but these data centres are very different. They are not just on one’s doorstep but in some cases bigger than the village itself!

In the States they are closing many down because of issues like, noise, heat!, and water pollution.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/ai-data-center-bans-surge-past-500-nationwide-as-local-us-politicians-begin-blocking-new-developments-growing-public-outrage-and-bipartisan-pushback-threaten-big-tech-expansion-plans

Sometimes we need to step up and be counted, this can be painful in itself, but that will be nothing compared with the devastation these things will bring.

Can anyone explain why we need them in the first place?

Stop the rot now, and stand up for our country.

These scenes are sickening, but with Farage’s threats against the establishment, I have to ask, is this the future with Reform in power?

A future of terror for all who disagree with them! This is not democracy on any level, just tyranny.

The kind of men who treat women like this, are well versed in this kind of violence.

We must not however forget what has brought us here. Lack of cohesive policies on most fronts, including fiscal, defence and immigration, but even all that is no excuse for violence on this or any other level.

What have we become, if we just shrug our shoulders and remain silent?

The answer is the ballot box, the answer is your vote. It’s time to show the world what we in Scotland think of this kind of behaviour.

No elections are on the horizon at the moment, but we can still unite on this issue through both spoken and written words.

Our words are a window into who we are, and we represent Scotland.

And Scotland says NO to this violence!

Every problem has a solution, this particular one, as I have said can be dealt with at the next election, and local ones.

Let us all unite and say NO!

Remember this little secret deal?

Sometimes I’m a bit slow on the uptake, but today I had a wee light bulb moment.

I was thinking about the deal between Dewar and Blair prior to us getting the Scottish Parliament reinstated. The deal was Parliament in exchange for moving the boundary of the Scottish Territorial waters 900 miles northward. This would include a few oil Riggs!

This poses a question, if Westminster, as it does, claims that everything belongs to the UK, meaning them, why was a deal required?

You don’t make deals to own something you say you already own!!!

Answer, because behind that lie, lies the truth, and they, by that very deal have admitted it. And remember Dewar, was Labour!!

The Scottish government are well aware of this fact, but chose to ignore it, ask them why?

The territorial waters of Scotland still belong to Scotland and they are being plundered. Westminster are just hoping you don’t realise it.

The UK, as Westminster wants you to believe does not exist, it’s just a trading label!

There is, and never was a Union of the Crowns, the two are incompatible and No Treaty exists.

Wake up to the lie folks, everything you own as a Scot is being stolen from you.

This will change, and the sooner we all get behind the people who will make that change the better.

Yes, it’s a slow process, but slow does not mean stop!

As far as I am concerned ‘a spade is a spade’, and I am not in the business of dressing things up to make them seem otherwise.

Britain, is broke!

But why?

Over the past 20 years or so, the financial mismanagement coming out of Westminster has been quite spectacular. Living within one’s means is not something they even consider…there’s never a ‘boom’ just more ‘bust’!

Our GDP no longer covers the interest on our debt…just think about that for a moment and what has brought us here.

Politicians hate the idea of ‘ring fencing’ money, because if it were, it would be traceable!

Have you ever wondered why the Treasury never publish accounts? They may on occasion mention ‘ballpark’ figures, but no actual detail!

COVID supplied them with the perfect opportunity for corruption, so big that they couldn’t hide it. But don’t think for one minute that this was a one-off. Fiscal corruption and mismanagement are what Westminster does!

With the introduction of these massive Data centres, one assumes Climate Change is no longer a thing, because the two are incompatible, so here is my question. For years we have been paying taxes towards Climate Change policies, where are those monies now and why are we still paying those extra taxes?

Let me tell you where I think the money is going by the billions;

Wars…but not ours!

Supporting private enterprise companies that are sinking in debt.

Foreign Aid that we can’t afford at this moment in time, but that makes the PM look good!

A welfare system that is no longer fit for purpose.

But, hey, who am I to complain, I am just one of those pensioners who did as I was asked and paid into a works pension pot, thinking I would be looked after, not taxed!

But as far as politicians are concerned laws are there to protect them…not us!

Except in Edinburgh😂😂

They will now spend copious amounts of time trying to find any loopholes!! And if there aren’t any, they will make one, or just add them to expenses!!

Never before in my time of following politics has the SNP been so vulnerable and never before have its members felt so disillusioned.

It follows then, that now is the time for something different, but that ‘different’ cannot be just another talking shop!

It’s time for the smaller parties to stand up and be counted, and/or a breakaway from the SNP itself. It’s time for bold policies, bold stratergies, bold words and absolute honesty.

Who will step up first?

Who has the grit to make a stand for Scotland, not just to influence but to take over?

To do that they would have to provide policies that add up and a willingness to work with others both in politics and the groups working in the background. Who would dare call a conference on a future Constitution?… Who would dare?

Who will put their feet to the fire and discuss all options openly?

Who dares to lay down their past differences, and begin anew?

A policy left on the shelf to gather dust, deserves no merit, and the people who put it there do not deserve our trust either.

We have talent in abundance, and enthusiasm is brimming over, we just need to put the two together in one room and form a plan. A place where every voice is heard, even from folk you may not like because every voice matters.

Who will step up to organise such an event, and, more importantly , who among the disgruntled would have the courage to attend?

Many today say they are angry, then let that anger motivate you into action. I don’t care which camp you are in as long as the bigger camp is for Scotland!

The once-democratic party is no longer democratic! The heid yins rule!

Why did anyone believe it would be otherwise? There is a pattern within this party and it goes like this…rinse and repeat.

JS keeps knocking on the doors of Westminster and gets NO for an answer, but still he knocks. The members keep asking for debates on independence and the leaders keep saying NO, but still they ask!! It’s the psychology of, if we keep asking the same question, we might get a different answer!

They won’t !

Someone has to break the circle. Whether it’s toppling the ‘top’ or breaking away, something must change.

There are those within the SNP who have a vision, and a plebiscite election would have seen it move forward. Now will they have the grit to stand alone if need be and create something new? Something the whole of Scotland could get behind.

One phrase with meaning, accompanied by action would do!

Scotland can wait no longer, if you think more wind and solar farms will be a problem, just wait until then Data Centres arrive, and they will, the ravaging of the land and our water system will be complete.

Please understand this, if nothing else, JS can call all the monitoriums he likes because it makes him look good, but the one thing he cannot do is, overrule Westminster!

Only WE can do that!

We can tie these companies up in the courts using our ancient laws. Laws that cannot be superseded by the scrappy-doo Westminster attempts. Some things from the past just cannot be changed.

ps. Forget the last one, they have changed sides.😂

“Life” has a habit of disrupting our plans. Having just experienced another sudden death of a much younger member of the family, I have realised that even at 80 there are no certainties.

And in politics, there are certainly no certainties…apart from one! When you cast your vote, you are never going to get what you think you are voting for!

This is not because the world is changing, but because with this crop of politicians, what you see and what you get are two very different things.

It is also a fact that party politics does not serve the country well.

I was brought up to believe Leaders should lead by example. There is a huge difference between flexibility and being swayed by opinion, especially when that ‘opinion’ is coming from questionable quarters. Politicians, do listen, but who do they listen to?

Clearly not those who voted them in! They listen to Think Tanks and Quangos, each with their own agenda.

Does Scotland really want to follow the Westminster blueprint? Do we want politicians who are bought and paid for by another country or conglomerate?

Or will we have the courage to step out of the corrupt loop and build something new?

Direct Democracy would cut out the crap!! It would bring in a new era of honesty and power to the People of Scotland, and that’s what matters most.

Plans will always go awry, because life is like that, but with solid foundations, they may shake but, will always bounce back!

The more ‘fixed’ we are in our ways and thinking, the more difficult it is to adapt and overcome!

When it comes to solving problems, any problems, our politicians only see the ‘now’! They never consider how today’s solutions might become tomorrow’s problems. It’s almost as if the attitude is…well, that will be someone else’s problem!

…and that problem has already arrived!

But no one is saying, ” Hold on a minute, let’s rethink this…no, it’s full steam ahead with more wind farms and even more solar panels covering good agricultural land. This land will never be recoverable!

Does Scotland benefit from this wanton destruction? No, because all the power generated goes elsewhere, and so do all the profits.

As I said, we only live in the now!

Even the past is changing!!!

My apologies for quoting this old saying, but it typifies what I am trying to say!

This seems to be no longer the case…

This will probably affect south of the border more than us, but it shows the direction Labour are going.

Our Rights are crumbling on a daily basis, and for what?

Banks already control how we spend our own money and how much we can spend at any one time.

We use the words ‘independent and independence’ quite liberally when talking about Scotland, forgetting that our personal freedoms are quickly being eroded as well.

The straitjacket is tightening…unless you’re a ‘Mancunian ’!!

Oh! And by the way Mr Burnham…

Some truths remain truths no matter where they come from.

I have a fear, and apparently I am not the only one, it is the fear that when get the outcome we desire from the UN, there will be no vehicle to take it forward.

There are a few groups working in the background on the foundations of a future Scotland, but they lack the power to implement them. And our government has zero plans. There might be some on a shelf somewhere, but the world has moved on since they were drawn up.

An event would be required, and you can bet your last £ the SNP would not let that happen.

So, who really is our enemy?

Whose minds must we change and how?

Well, we won’t do it by arguing!!

Why are we so defensive when we talk about independence?

Independence is normal but the way we sometimes discuss it, is anything but normal. When we become aggressive the arguement is lost.

But getting back to the problem we face, a future Scotland must have secure foundations, so many things must change, and it’s going to be up to us, the people, to change them. Maybe we have to wait until the UN make its declaration before people finally realise there is a different way and respond through the ballot box.

So, don’t be in such a rush to blame the slowness on others, for we too have played our part. We had a chance for change in May and blew it!

Only one party has ‘walked the line’ with its policies and ethos over the past few years and that is the ISP.

https://www.isp.scot/

…and it will only take one to move the train along.

Events can change destinies, and there’s one event coming that has the potential to stop the SNP in their tracks…a certain court case!

Which means, 5 years may not mean 5 years!!!

This is not the time to switch off, catch your breath if you need to, but never switch off, there’s building to be done!

Scotland must never use the same political blueprint as Westminster, there must be a clear distinction between the two. Nothing, absolutely nothing should be replicated. And the only way we can make sure of it, is to follow the path of Direct Democracy…and to those who say there is no such thing, I suggest you look it up before you speak again!

It’s fair, it’s proportional, and it works in many EU countries, and there are several models. We could pick one or create our own.

You can tell that we are getting nearer the goal by the influx of sudden counterarguments.

Salvo, is certainly getting under someone’s skin! And we now find the idea of UDI is becoming quite popular…interesting times indeed.

And here is another thing, we must not think we can just jump into the physical seats of Holyrood.

The Holyrood estate as it is belongs to the Westminster estate, so we might need the assistance of the Kirk again. That being the Kirk which was instrumental in writing the COR… but has since swapped sides!!

But then, the Kirk and, indeed, most Presbyterian and Anglican churches have become politicised over the years. Just as politicians constantly try to modernise old treaties to suit their modern agenda, the churches likewise try to modify scripture to suit the populace’s trends… and somewhere during that journey, Britain lost its moral standing.

You can change the language but you cannot change facts!

Woke modernity won’t last forever. It’s a fad, spread by activists, and people will soon move on to something else, despite the Scottish Government throwing money at it.

Social engineering took on a whole new meaning when Woke activism arrived. One day we will realise how dangerous it is to interfere with nature, and this big experiment will come back to haunt us.

Nothing is as it was, and that is not always a good thing.

Whatever happens in the future, this must stop!