That one question alone should set alarm bells ringing. The sheer magnitude of it is almost unbelievable. It stretches right along the central belt and joins the Forth Freeport.

Together they cover the most densely populated parts of Scotland, who agreed to this and why?

Someone in each Authority signed up to them, and each Authority will be contributing to them. Those amounts will be hidden somewhere in their budgets, probably under the heading of ‘Investments’!

Did no one learn anything from the losses we incurred when Iceland crashed?

If we can invest these vast amounts of money in Foreign Companies that only seem to offer a small number of low-paid jobs, yet run away with all the profits why can’t we, as a country build our own, state-owned companies [infrastructure ] and keep the profits….surely this would be a win-win situation…….ah yes…I forgot that state-owned would then yield nothing for the Shareholders, the entrepreneurs who put money into a company, then sit back and watch.

Do not be under the impression that Authorities only put in a one-off payment, these are ongoing payments out of an ever-decreasing budget.

Edinburgh Council has just realised their big mistake!

They will make £90m, [and counting] less than promised whilst their input will increase!!…..and they are not the only ones whose eyes have been opened. The viability of the Solent Freeport is also being questioned.

SEZs offer many advantages to Private Firms but those advantages come at a great cost to us, even as individuals.

The greatest loss is revenue to Councils through all the tax breaks and incentives. When a Council loses revenue two things happen, we fill the gap through Council Tax and our services are greatly depleted.

They hide behind the excuse of ‘the rise in costs’ but the reason goes much deeper than that. They are investing your taxes in these big Foreign Colgomerates. The big glossy pamphlets may offer them a deal but like Edinburgh and others, the reality is much different.

Investments are a gamble and gamblers lose!

In this case because Shareholders keep demanding more!

Neither does Private mean the best or even good!

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/06/private-firms-ran-almost-all-care-homes-forced-to-shut-for-breaches-in-england

There are so many unanswered questions around Freeports & SEZs, and the fact that no one in any position of power is prepared to answer those questions is in itself alarming.

If you are seeing red flags and want to know more then why not go along to this event and find out more, or create your own local event and ask the team to come along.

@SalvoFreeports

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-do-you-know-about-glasgow-sezs-tickets-1033585721717

This is your country and your future that is being sold off here and we need to stop it. Also get rid of those who are pursuing a Policy we did not vote for hidden under the guise of ‘continuing to invest for Scotland’!

The spin…

The reality…..

In a future Scotland we can invest in ourselves…..we the People own it…..we the People will reap the rewards……all of us!

Join the Peoples movement.

Have you ever wondered what someone might write/say about you in your epitaph or what might be inscribed on your headstone? Will it just be, ‘born? Died?’ & ‘son/daughter of’……but nothing about you as a person?

Have you ever been asked in an interview to describe yourself and answered something like this….I am married, have children, live… work.……?

Why do we find it so difficult to describe who we are, or don’t we know any more? We all have unique identities made up of many things like language, race, and culture plus our own little quirks. Many of these are shared with others yet they remain unique in how we express them.

If Scotland was just a box what words would you use to fill it to describe its uniqueness its identity?

How do you describe your identity as a Scot?

A lot of questions, but they are important because in a recent survey when asked about identity a lot of people saw themselves as British not Scottish!

How have we become so British?

Well, the first thing we have to understand is that British means English and it’s all those subliminal messages since childhood.

It’s called Brainwashing!

The English Monarch on our currency, the English Monarch on our stamps, the English Crown stamped on most official documents including passports again, the English tax systems, English Laws, the Union Jack on most food now even if produced in Scotland! English textbooks in schools and of course the English language.

Even Holyrood is part of the English state as are those who represent us in it.

Need I go on?

We have been Englified!! to the point where we even think like them….god help us!

It is time to fill our own box and express who we really are, or want to be.

That might take a wee bit of thinking about, but necessary to present to the UN…..we do not want to present ourselves as clones of the British Estate!!…….a mini Westminster!

We all need to work together on this, bring our ideas into one box, one movement.

Liberation is not a one-man band, it’s thousands of people coming together with one vision and how to achieve it…..and there’s room for more, it’s a big box…..join us.

Do not be under the apprehension that folk with titles or letters after their name also possess Common Sense!!!

And why is that important?

Because having common sense means you can make practical decisions on your understanding of what needs to be done!

Many people join organizations or Parties but stand back from being active participants because they feel they are not qualified to do so.

I challenge that assumption!

The very fact that you join something shows that your thinking aligns with others in that organization. Joining also shows you have opinions and we all need to hear those opinions.

The how we do things is as important as why we do them!

Common sense is about being Practical. The world is full of people who write about theories but give me a practical person any day!

They don’t over think things, they quickly analyse the risks and benefits and then just get on with the task.

You can always tell the difference between a thinker and a doer!!

Thinkers often miss the social clues around them, eg. How they come across to others!

Time management is another clue, and they usely only focus on their own Raison d’être!

I will yield to the Power of Common sense any day because your common sense is a product of your focus and experience of life….. it’s not from a textbook!

Philosophers have their place but at this moment in time Scotland needs grafters, people who will roll up their sleeves and help build a new Scotland together with others.

Let’s bring some common sense to the table and unify.

Creeping ivy is a vigorous plant that if left to its own devices will choke everything it latches on to…..now why am I reminded of Freeports & SEZs🤔

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-do-you-know-about-glasgow-sezs-tickets-1033585721717

As winter looms ever nearer many will be faced with difficult choices, these choices are very real but it was also a choice of the government to make it so……but why?

Looking at the cash they are doling out here there and everywhere, their original black hole would seem to have disappeared!

Governments have this habit of making us look in one direction while they do something elsewhere.

As we focus inward are they hoping we won’t notice what is happening on our doorstep? The media tell us things are going to get much worse….they might be right, but they hide the real reason. This is much more than cutting benefits it’s about cutting out government intervention altogether and replacing it with Privatisation.

Less government more private companies, from the NHS right down to Local Government and all stops in-between!

We will suffer but we don’t need to suffer as much, because once free of our colonial masters we can start to reverse the tide of privatisation.

What’s wrong with privatisation you may ask, we need private businesses!

Yes, we do…..but the kind of private sector Freeports etc will bring is not your ordinary local business type…..these are the big boys who will use your money, [74m & £100m out of Barnet Consequentials with 1.1 million people living in poverty in Scotland!!!] and pay little or no tax and then run off with all the profits!

Billions of taxpayers money is being used overall to entice big business over here and nearly every MP/MSP has shares in those companies.

It is decision time, to move forward or let the ivy choke what is left!

Scotland is not a spectator sport, we are a country whose identity has been taken from us and we need now more than ever to take it back. To do that we need to do a little more than just wave a flag. We need to take that flag to the UN and make our voices heard, show them who we are!

……and this is the place to do it!

As a nation, we have greatly miscalculated what lies behind Brexit. Having now been presented with the truth, to ignore it would be a decision.

If we thought that the EU rules were difficult to swallow, welcome to a world where there are NO RULES!

In general, rules are made to protect people, removing that protection we open ourselves up to lawless society. Within the boundaries of Freeports and SEZs companies will be able to re-write things like Tax Laws, Employment Laws, Planning Laws etc and can even higher their own private police…..and no-one will be able to challenge them. The boundaries will be set, one Law for them, another for us!

These notions are not just that of an old woman😅😅 they are very real.

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https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/security-and-risk/blogs/levelling-up-how-uk-freeports-risk-harbouring-international-crime

Is this the Scotland we want for our kids?

Knife crime and drugs are rife as it is, to knowingly open the doors to more would be a choice and make us complicit. Behind the glossy pamphlets lays a mirky world, one with few or zero protections.

Once local businesses also sign up for these so-called benefits, employee contracts can be changed. Beware of the wolves at the door!

https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/landmark-freeport-event-held-in-inverness-is-crucial-step-i-363031/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

When the people are not invited you know something is amiss!

When anyone from your government refuses to answer questions, you know something is amiss!

When fences are erected where once you roamed, you know something is amiss!

When Council income starts to shrink, you know something is amiss!

The signs are all there, to do nothing is not an option!

Join the fight @SalvoFreeports.

To repeat our mistakes is a choice and we will pay a heavy price.

https://www.instagram.com/freeport_sez_community_group/profilecard/?igsh=d3o5NmV6eWo2Y3Jh

In this very English type of Democracy that we have, our X on the ballot paper unfortunately gives a new Leader the power to make sweeping statements on our behalf!

The PM keeps telling the world ‘ We stand with Israel’….do we? I certainly don’t agree with its political aims! This game of revenge will not end well for any of us. This does not make me anti….anything!

Would it not be more honest to say, ‘I stand with…..’ but then honesty is in very short supply these days.

In a country that stands on Direct Democracy, there will be no Royal ‘we’! Whoever is elected by the people to represent them will reflect the will of the people.

People sigh and say ‘If only’ as if there is no answer to their present plight, but we know there is, it might not be immediate but just stepping onto that road of hope will in itself lift their spirits and energise them.

Our job is to help them make that mental leap from despair to hope.…..to switch the 💡 on!

…..and that light has never been brighter than it is now.

Liberation is the torch that shines onto the path of freedom and world recognition of National Statehood.

The decisions we make now will shape the future of our country. Destiny often suggests a future of something great, fate on the other hand suggests a more negative outcome.

At this moment in time, we are both masters of our own destiny and of our fate both are about the future. The choice is ours.

We can choose the status quo and accept that our fate lies in the hands of others or we can be a force that will shape our destiny.

Never before has there been a new government that has fallen out with its people so quickly. Do we want to be governed by foreign companies, do we want such people making the decisions around whether we will live or die based on profits? Is this to be our fate?

Westminster has already decided what Scotland’s future will be like, we exist only to fill their coffers and they hate us for it…..once they have bled us dry they will, like every other colony they have ruled, walk away leaving us destitute!

It is within our power to stop this destruction, we don’t have to be India mark2.

Our destiny is in our hands we just need to use the tools we have and deliver for Scotland.

How bad does it need to get before people choose destiny over fate? Are we going to wait until the bodies pile up this winter and they will? Labour hasn’t finished with the pensioners yet, then comes the disabled and the sick. Private companies will decide whether or not you can work, not doctors…..and bonuses will apply!

The storm clouds are gathering, the question is, will you be the storm or its recipient?

Will you become part of the movement that is saying….no more? Are you prepared to shape our history or be part of its fate?

We have a challenge in front of us, and that challenge is to harness the power of the Yes movement, in particular, the youth of that movement.

Because it is they who will take the fight for Scotland forward, therefore engaging with them must be our priority.

Young people like a ‘cause’ look at their response to the situation in Palestine.

Since the 2014 Referendum, the Scottish cause has been dropped. Endless promises have deflated us all, but especially the young.

Now we have to wrap the Liberation cause into a bundle that will appeal to them, then as Sara said hand the baton over and let them run with it.

I believe that once Liberation is registered and they see the movement that will happen.

That baton will come with all the instructions included, because this is not just some pipe dream, everything has been well thought through. The plan is in place!

But until then…..

our governments are not serving us well just now, do they ever? Every decision made seems to affect us negatively, as we are made to pay for their poor decisions….it is difficult to know where to start to remedy this….we each have our list!

But I will flag Spain up, they are organising a general Strike…..I leave that thought with you!

However as always, it is important to get things into perspective. In NW Carolina bodies are still floating down the rivers, one week on, and 100s are still missing after the storm. Let us be grateful for what we have…great or small.

Truth is the hardest pill to swallow for so many…..why… because it generally requires action and very often proves them to have been wrong!

We have options when we are presented with the truth, we can swallow it and change or we can remain sick!

At the moment Scotland acts like a sick nation, a nation that needs to be propped up by Westminster to survive when the opposite is true.

We have been fed anything but the truth for over 300 years and we have become addicted to that particular 💊.

Withdrawal is a painful business because the first thing that has to go is our pride….our egos!

The good book says ‘The truth shall set you free’ but we must want to be free first! Some in Politics say we need Independence but they still want the pill….the one that tastes like gravy!!!

If we want something strong enough we can be strong enough to take it…and it is all there for the taking, or should I say ‘taking back’.

England does not own any of the above we do and that is the truth pill we must all be taking!… That is the one that will heal this land and make us prosperous.

People say they dream of an independent Scotland, well it’s not going to happen until we are all determined to make it happen. One blocked road does not make a wasted journey, it just means finding a new road and re-routing!

Salvo/Liberation have found that route and re-drawn the map. It is safe….it is Legal and one that Westminster cannot interfere with.

If this is a pill you cannot swallow, then I question your desire for Independence.

This route is the Peoples route, I just don’t see a Political route that is 100% viable or faster.

We must stop Westminster using the currency of fear, this is how they control us and we must stop playing the game. BECAUSE IT IS JUST A GAME!

In 2014 “someone” said we wouldn’t get our Pensions if we voted Yes! …..and the media ran with it! Later the Treasury said this was untrue.

A few days ago I heard someone say, not as a rumour but in fear….in retaliation Westminster might stop cash from flowing and people will starve…….will they really?

We must start challenging these threats because that’s all they are…threats because that’s what bullies do!

Let us look at these, ‘taps off’ kind of threats.

Firstly, the world will be watching and in particular our European neighbours who don’t think much of Westminster just now. How would they react, would they stand by and watch a new country starve or be starved….no they wouldn’t.

Secondly, how would the big corporate businesses react? Business is on the up in Scotland, they are expanding, would they just upsticks overnight and leave…..no chance. Around 40% of their business is here, they would crash. These businesses are registered in England but they are International, so again the world would respond and somehow I don’t think their shareholders would be very happy!`

Lets remember who really holds all the Aces…..

WE DO!

We hold everything Westminster needs and relies on. Never ever forget that.

We do not get Westminsters money, we get some of our own money back! If anyone is able to turn the taps off it is us!

So please, when threats are thrown up, think them through to their logical end and challenge them. The one thing bullies hate is being challenged back. These threats will increase and some will be quite imaginative the nearer we get to our goal…..this is their fear….not ours!

We are moving forward, join us!