The use of the ‘could’ in the above press statement means nothing to me given their past mandates and I guess from the comments many others feel the same way.

Politicians can only fool people for so long and given the incumbent MSPs have already admitted the door is closed, ‘could’ is not good enough!

We need to clear the decks completely! We have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

2026 will not be about SNP v Labour, it will be about Liberation or continuity! The choice will be ours.

Are we brave enough……yes we are!!

All, MPs who were rejected by their constituents at the GE, irrespective of Party should take the hint……Holyrood is not your new gravy train!!

We need a new kind of Holyrood in Scotland, one that is nobody’s ‘gravy train’!!… and Direct Democracy would provide that!

The future is ours to create. Every dream must be created and if Independence for Scotland is your dream then you must help create it!

Your vote will be the final say but the work must start now.

The umbrella is up and others are joining in the talks.

Consensus and compromise go hand in hand….

Offering peanuts to people when the whole farm is available just makes a government look so inept.

Only a vague reference about Independence from our SNP Government. Yet we know and they know the resources Scotland would have if we were an Independent country. Is getting rid of Peak Fares the best they can do in this asset-rich country? Not much of a rabbit!!

The blinkers are still on even though they admit a Sec 30 will never be granted. Unanswered questions invite conspiracy theories and there are plenty of those swirling around, so come on honest John… what is the plan for Independence and if no plan…..why?

But are the other Independence Parties also aiming too low? The suggestion to Vote SNP 1 suggests to me that we believe only the SNP can deliver Independence……but they haven’t and won’t! So maybe the others need to aim higher and stand in Constituencies. Why do half a job when we could go even further?

If we want real change we must be radical and we must be brave. We only have a year to get this right. At the rate Scotland is being privatised, we can not afford to wait another 5 years!!

This ‘Better Together’ lark hasn’t worked very well so far, can you honestly see it improving? Having said that I am pretty sure Labour will fire a few carrots at us as we near the Election date. But as we have seen before, never believe the headlines. The Brexit headlines had us believe it was all about Trade…..it was anything but!!

Don’t forget the promises that were made!

https://salvo.scot/

Save it from what you may ask, I am tempted to say…‘from itself’. Because that’s what it feels like at times!

This is what we need to save.

Our assets, or at least what is left of them are still the envy of the world.

Are we going to March through the streets shouting ‘We want Independence and we want it now’ then go home, put our feet up thinking that’s it I’ve done my bit for the year? Or are we going to roll up our sleeves, become part of the movement that is actually moving and get stuck in?

What does ‘belonging’ to something mean? We appear to have a lot of ‘sleepers’ in our organizations and Parties. But sleepers won’t get Independence, they will only hinder it!

You have to be in it to win it!!!

Passion goes a long way when turned into activism. The sleeping giant that was once the AUOB needs to be re-awakened. I read somewhere that the expected turn out on Saturday is about 5 thousand.

Marches still have their place, they show desire and intent.

Since Saturday leaders have shown their intent with one Party in particular responding positively to the call for talks.

Let the talking begin, when adults get together in one room great things can happen.

We all want change but sometimes we perceive change as something different from others. We are tempted to put the cart before the horse here, there can be no change at all unless we initiate the action required for change to happen. Only a Plebiscite Election can do that to act as a kind of Referendum. Given that we have the majority of Parties in favour of such an Election now talking to each other is possibly the most encouraging news so far.

I have always advocated that the Country comes before the Party, so I hope we can agree on a mechanism to make that happen, even if we have to tweak what we already have to accommodate each other.

In the meantime, let’s have some fun…

While the Council elections south of the border have come as a shock to many, for us up here, they should be seen as a wake-up call. It’s never too late to get ahead of the game.

Some see it as the writing on the wall for Scotland, but I see it as an opportunity. Nothing is written in stone, change is coming but we don’t need to copy England.

Our change is in our hands and many are joining forces to make that happen…..are you one of them?

Liberate Scotland has a big umbrella, big enough for all to come under but are all big enough to do it?

It takes courage to put Party Politics aside, although to be honest, I think joining others only enhances a party’s status.

Although I wasn’t at the Rally on Saturday I understand from what people have been saying that this is what people want……cooperation.

The word being UNITY!

For a Plebiscite vote to work, we must be seen as one and working as one……I don’t get this ‘I have to look after my Party’ thing, especially when the way the Liberate Scotland campaign is being built allows every Party to do both.

We in Scotland are in a unique position when it comes to setting up an independent country, for a start we have the wealth to do it!!

Yes, there will be bumps in the road, Westminster will ensure that….. but bumps are not roadblocks!!

So let us harness the energy of yesterday to keep moving forward as one.

When we come to that moment of understanding, everything changes. Truth can be an eye-opener and sometimes not a very comfortable one.

How we respond to it concerning Scotland’s history and future will say a lot about us as a people. It will certainly answer one question…..has how we have acted so far shown the best or the worst of us?

Before that however we need to look at our present SNP governance because the two are not the same, sadly.

Our present main governing party refuse to even consider the standing of the Claim of Right and continues to accept that Charles is King of Scotland. Therefore in the context of this article, I don’t even consider them as future political runners, although in reality, they probably will be.

So, let us return to the real Yessers, the people who are part of the multiple-choice before us. Some in non-political groups and some in Independence Parties.

How are we behaving, particularly online?

How we are perceived by others, matters! Our words say a lot about us as individuals, and our public behaviour even more.

…..and don’t think they aren’t watching!

We need International support!

If we want to be taken seriously in our quest then we must be seen as serious and mature……mature enough to run a country!!

We have many talented leaders in Scotland who know their stuff but all too often their voices are drowned out by all the dross. And it’s the dross the media will pick up on.

We know the MSM are anti-Scotland but we don’t need to hand them everything on a plate!! They love a story and will make one up out of nothing.

Next week is the SSRG Conference, these folks have been doing some serious work on our behalf, all the speakers need to be heard and their messages spread far and wide. This is the real news…..and that is what we should concentrate on….not gossip!

Liberation Scotland are serious in their intentions……are we?

If so join them, and step under the umbrella!

……and don’t think for one minute that this couldn’t happen to an organisation you belong to.

Whenever a group or organisation becomes dependent on money to take it forward, there will always be a temptation to take the easy way out. The high bar once set can be dropped a little to accommodate the greater need…..and the slippery slope starts!

A position bought is not a position earned!

Scotland needs to be careful as it edges towards Independence, bad actors come in all guises. First, they will encourage any moves forward then they will suggest caution and finally start actively blocking others, even getting rid of people.

A good leader needs to have eyes in the back of their head…..just like a teacher does😅.

The greatest threat to Scotland just now is voter apathy. We have switched off, and to be honest, who can blame us? For Scotland, it is always ‘more of the same’!

Westminster have worked hard over the years, they want us to believe we can’t change things…..apathy is their favourite weapon.

But has Holyrood in its decision making added to that apathy?

Westminster makes and break rules on a daily basis, did we ever expect to see Holyrood do the same…..well yesterday was a cracking example of breaking the rules if ever there was one.

Maggie Chapman was allowed to decide her own fate!!!

Holyrood has indeed become a mirror image of Westminster and that’s why we need root and branch change.

Change takes courage….do we have enough?

If you believe you have then join Liberation. scot and help make that change!

When we think of the disenfranchised and voting we normally think of legal barriers but another barrier has arisen. With Labour now being the new Tories where do the working people go? Who can they trust to stand up for their rights and needs?

Labour has entered into Far-Right Politics, further than the Tories….how the hell did that happen?

The short answer is of course ‘money’ and where it comes from.

We used to say, ‘Scotland has been bought and sold’ with English gold! But politics has moved on, big time. It is now the case that ‘Britain has been sold to worldwide Corporations for big bucks to Politicians and shareholders. Sometimes they are one and the same!!

When it comes to big business, the workers are the first to be dropped out of the loop, and the proof of that is that Unions are excluded from any of these new Freeport/SEZ deals.

First, their Party goes, and then their rights go.

It has been part of the game plan for years, destroy democracy and you destroy the country. Destroy the country and you destroy its people.

The polls would have us believe big changes are coming with Farage, but will they bring good changes? I think not, but….and there is always a but, will Britain have to go down this route before it finally wakes up?

Unless a new left-wing Party appears, it would appear so!

But it doesn’t have to be that way for us up here in Scotland. We can start the change up here next year.

Are we up for the challenge though?

There are groups of people who think we are and can do this, but there’s a fly in the ointment!

…..and this particular fly carries with it a nasty bite….its called ‘disunity’, having the ability to wreck all our plans and dreams.

Our own individual vote is the antidote! The power for change lies within each one of us.

Use your power wisely!

There is an answer, a place to come together yet remain autonomous……its here.

A campaign to move this group forward is ongoing. Planning any campaign is important, so if you want to be involved from the beginning, please make contact.

Scotland’s future is now in our hands…..there is no one else.

Marching under AUOB is important, it shows desire and intent but we must now put that ‘intent’ into action. Harness the energy from the marches and show our MSPs we mean business.

I have been thinking back to the 2014 Referendum because a recurring tweet keeps coming up on my Timeline. It states that AS made a huge error in choosing NS as his successor.

The words ‘corporate responsibility’ keep popping into my head and thus some honesty is required.

Thousands of us, including myself, poured into the SECC to endorse that choice.

After all, who else was there? ……given what has happened since would the outcome have been different?

It was only after gender politics started to appear that many of us, mostly women left. Now we have a Nationalist Party with no clear Nationalism plans!

My point is though that we are all responsible in one way or another for the failures that followed.

We didn’t pay enough attention to the signs….and they were there, the Unionist press made sure of that. Her history as a Lawyer in Drumchapel should have sounded alarm bells….but didn’t. We all got caught up in the euphoria of what nearly happened and could yet happen…..and I mean all!!

AS admitted he had made a mistake and we must concede our part in it all, but have we learned anything, could history repeat itself elsewhere?

Nicola allowed herself to be influenced by bad actors for whatever reason and took her eye off what mattered, Independence. Yes, the words were there, but her priorities were elsewhere. Now the ball has been completely dropped.

Bad actors often appear as knights in shining armour, some see through them but if the leaders don’t, problems lay ahead. One is, that good people start to leave.

I don’t believe in the saying ‘people are born to be good leaders’….they are not…..they learn and grow into that position. Being one of the best at something does not automatically make you a good leader. Your skills at one job may not be the same as the ones needed to lead, and many an organization has fallen through not knowing the difference.

Labour is a good example and may yet fall because of Starmer’s leadership.

Democracy is not democracy if a Leader can overrule everything anyone else says or does, and a leader who is surrounded by ‘yes’ people accomplishes very little but to collapse what has been built around them.

NS made sure she surrounded herself with ‘yes’ people but the wrong kind!!

We, the people of Scotland are sovereign, we are the Yes people that matter and through Liberation we will have our say.

It’s that time of year and sadly for me, I have recovered enough to engage in this yearly ritual!!

Is it a coincidence that Westminster chose this time of year for Elections? Politics needs more than just a spring clean…..it needs a deep clean!

Apart from the odd By-Election this year is about Council Elections, something most don’t bother about….they are seen as even more boring than General Elections. Yet in many ways they affect our daily living standards and services in much greater ways.

They can also be used to send a clear message to the government of the day, I think this will happen down South this year and to a lesser degree up here in Scotland.

Our focus though should be preparing ourselves for the 2026 Election.

This will not be a washing up liquid job……no…..this will need a powerful detergent to clear out the dross.

If we had an Independence Party at the helm that was serious about Independence things might be different…..but we don’t so our position regarding Independence going forward is quite precarious.

If everyone was prepared to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in, we might still have a chance at least to make some huge differences in next year’s Scottish Parliament and maybe more. If we get the ruling from the UN we want this train will move even further down the track. We need to move forward now believing this will happen and not get caught napping.

Belief and positivity are the keys to success, and we either believe in ourselves or we don’t.

Success comes with compromise, not by standing aloof and alone!

We will have a choice and it’s an individual choice.

Will we choose Scotland before Party Party Politics because the two may not be the same?

The Spring cleaning for next year starts this year!

Recently I heard someone say ‘Scotland is not being sold’ with regards to Freeports etc. Technically they were right, land is being Leased on a

25yr+ basis. But these are no ordinary leases.

When we think of Leases we generally take it for granted that when a person takes on a lease certain guarantees and conditions come with it and the owner remains in overall control.

What we have with Freeports & SEZs is something very different and its not just the size of the land!

First of all, most of the land in these leases already belongs to or is leased by others, so their existing rights go right out the window. This includes private house owners!! If a house or business gets in the way of big multinational corporations……beware of the new Compulsory Purchase Laws, especially so for farmers.

Once this land is ringfenced you may aswell think of it as another country. Corporate Laws take over from Local and Scottish Laws, in other words they are a law unto themselves. They can have their own police, right to roam will go, taxes that you and I have to pay living within the area are abolished for them….but not for you! If you work for any of these companies your employment rights are greatly diminished.

Now Ms Forbes will tell you they have an ‘understanding’ that covers a lot of these things. Ask your local council how much they lose through loss of income etc……that might explain your rise in Council Tax.

An ‘understanding’ means nothing and has no legal binding…..its just a ‘nod and a wink’!!

Given all this, the land may as well have been sold because the ‘owners’ {Scot Gov} have given away all rights normally retained by the owner.

It’s worse actually because if a Local authority or the Scot Gov pass any Laws that these companies deem as interference with how they run their business or profits they can sue us. The power of who does what has been reversed.

And you wonder why the government can’t apply Land Reforms…..they can’t because they have given so much of it away!!

If you want to know more go along to this event as see who really gains with Freeports….. Because it ain’t you!