Governments have choices, even our own one in Holyrood has choices. On the whole, their policies have done a lot to mitigate the ever-increasing disaster that is Westminster.

However other policies will only serve to increase poverty in Scotland. Freeports/SEZs will not benefit us they will exploit us, through land grabs, low wages, and loss of LA revenue and that all trickles down to more poverty.

Ms Forbes says companies will be expected to agree to pay the minimum wage.

“Expected”…..nice word, that means absolutely nothing! Once up and running these companies will set their pay rates with no benefits…..they have form!

She gives no information about how the Scot Gov will enforce these guarantees.

Because these areas are so vast this is very likely to affect you or other members of your family, so please do not sit back and ask….’ what can I do’?

There is plenty you can do and you don’t even have to leave your chair to do it!

You can join others who have taken up the fight, like Salvo, Liberation, @SalvoFreeports and any Party supporting those.

But perhaps the greatest thing you can do to stop this Corporate takeover is fight for Independence!

If we are a ‘cannie people’ as most believe then let’s act like it. “Cannie” means shrewd, especially with money!

Every minute of every day money is haemorrhaging from Scotland and flowing south and only Independence will stop it.

How we get there is up to you, we can wait for our Politicians to wake up or we can take matters into our own hands.

Liberation and Salvo have chosen to take matters into their own hands and thousands upon thousands of ordinary Scots have joined them.

https://liberation.scot/

&

https://salvo.scot/

The places where the people have taken over from the politicians!

The cycle of poverty can end if we all have the will to do it.

The Holyrood Election is where it can end and the beginning of something new.

Real change, change in your hands, change in a new Parliament and I mean more than just bums on Holyrood seats!!

A plan is evolving, become part of it.

Sometimes we spend too much time seeking something that appears to be hidden but in fact, is easy to see.

Yes, we can look too hard!

Hidden in Plain Sight

Amanda Caleb, PhD, MPH 
Editor-in-Chief

The idiom “hidden in plain sight” is thought to have originated in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter” (1844). In the short story, the Paris police attempt to recover a letter stolen from the queen by a political rival Minister D__. When their investigation stalls, they turn to detective C. Auguste Dupin, who finds the letter on the mantlepiece of Minister D__’s home and not in some obscure or remote location. This story reveals the limits of human perception in failing to see the obvious and the importance of observation. To be “hidden in plain sight” can be both a deliberate act by the hidden/hider (such as Minister D__ leaving the letter on the mantlepiece) or a failure to not just look but to see.

We just need to open our eyes and look around us, look around Scotland and see what is happening and understand why!

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/huge-solar-farm-100000-panels-34067955?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0qgSnz_r-pkei80tfbqPib9jjFGKJcEX-sa0jd878Qbndl716-l3xgR9Y_aem_9yXodcgboH90RBtCGy78jQ

This is not just some isolated plan happening within Scotland, no it is part of a much larger program, schemed in Westminster and beyond.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/10/thousands-farmers-losing-land-to-ed-miliband-solar/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0y1o8dl592U-U79jfyVOpKX2yJ6Vr4l4NPY02-Z8oIjx6WIiH-3CsWfyQ_aem_Z8VelRUrsDjQ4LxhuNXdvg

We lose good agricultural land at our peril and we won’t get it back! It is not by coincidence that Labour are including farms in their inheritance tax ploy.

Break down the farms and the land loses value!

Join the dots and we see the plans……hidden in plain sight!

Good planning is essential at every stage, at the moment we are focused on 2026, but what happens if the Budget falls in December? We could be looking at an election in Spring 2025! Are we ready?

Individual Parties may be, but are we united yet? This election can not and is not going to be a normal one. If it is not a Pleblicite then our chance for real change has gone. A few extra seats in Holyrood by any new Party will not bring about the change so urgently required.

To stop the rot and the sale of Scotland something radical needs to happen NOW!

….. and the only place of unity on the move is Liberation.

We must unite now around a slogan that shows Scotland’s intent.

Our intent will not be hidden, all will see, even Westminster that we are deadly serious and will not be stopped.

Join Liberation today and show your intent!

Who is going to clean up the mess, a mess created by our own Scottish politicians?

A mess that was not foisted upon us as Ms Forbes would suggest. No this was a clear choice!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-freeports-in-scotland-bidding-prospectus/green-freeports-in-scotland-bidding-prospectus-delivered-in-partnership-by-the-scottish-government-and-the-uk-government

…..and there are no get-out-of-jail clauses!

On the contrary, these companies make sure we can never escape or even make internal policies that they perceive might affect their profits.

This is yet another example where the Scottish Government have chosen not to use the powers they already have. Why, because they play by Westminster rules…..and Westminster rules (owns) everything in Scotland even the building our MSPs sit in…..well they think they do!

The truth is Scotland belongs to us and we need to take it back and clean up this economic mess. At the moment everything flows south, oil, energy, even whisky and possibly water next.

In a Liberated Scotland, there will be economic borders, if not hard ones! Yes we have to take down walls but we may have to build some too, because Scotland will no longer be a free-for-all.

By nature, Scots are generous but they are not stupid. Ms Forbes may be taken in by glossy pamphlets and empty promises but we are beginning to see through these deals and flaws are appearing….big gaping flaws!

We can no longer afford to remain in a state of denial, we have about 12 months to get our act together before the official campaign for 2026 begins….and it will take every minute of that time to work on a strategy that will unite us all.

No Unity…..No Independence! A unifying strap line must be found, party politics aside.

SNP1 & 2 only worked because the circumstances were right, those circumstances have gone and to try and replicate them will put Scotland back for at least another decade.

That might suit the SNP but it doesn’t suit us.

People are demanding unity and will neither forgive nor forget parties who deny them this chance to get it right.

Salvo, Liberation, ISP and I4I are already working together….who will join them?

Corporate governance can not be allowed to replace Democracy.

Scotland is not for sale!

Liberation is the place where Political bridges are being built…..be part of this unifying people movement.

Britain is covered by a grey cloud just now, weather forecasters describe it as ‘gloom’! …. and that very much describes how people feel these days….gloom and doom!

In general, people are marching or trudging along, heads down to the sound of the Westminster drum, they feel weary.

We have forgotten what it feels like to dance to the sound of our drums……Scottish drums!

These drums are beating again, and the drummer has changed, they may be distant and you may have to listen carefully but they are beginning to punch through the grey aura that is Westminster.

We have choices, choices our friends south of the border don’t have, we just need to be brave enough to make them.

We have been marched up and down the hill so many times, this time we have to lead the charge.

I note that this Remembrance weekend one of the battles they have been highlighting is that of Monte Cassino, this is personal to me because it was where my dad was awarded the Military Cross. Now his daughter along with many others is in a fight for Scotland’s freedom, a fight was cannot afford to lose.

There is no such thing as a lost cause, only those who have lost the will to fight it…..and yes many days I feel like that too, so I take a rest and then metaphorically get back on my feet again and hit the keys!

The waiting game is hard, harder because we have waited so long to see movement, any movement for the cause we hold so dear.

Our MSPs would have us believe the door is closed for now, the opportunity gone and we must therefore strengthen Devolution……really?

…..and that my friends is exactly what Liberation has done!

They have built a door, an entrance that takes us to Europe which in turn leads to other doors all ushering us to Independence / Liberation.

But even this route will be no walk in the park. There are hurdles ahead, but I would rather face a hurdle than continue to be locked in a prison.

We have a strong team addressing the hurdles and others building the foundations for a new Scotland.

These foundations have not been plucked out of the air, they are those of our existing Constitution & Claim of Rights, being modernized to fit the era and world we live in now.

These people working behind the scenes don’t have ‘artificial intelligence’😅! They have real intelligence unlike some in Holyrood…. won’t mention any names!!

We are entering a war of words, Westminster knows the Scottish drums are beating and as we know the first casualty in any war is TRUTH!

One of the first things they will use is National Security in today’s dangerous world!

Now let me think……which country has helped the world become such a dangerous place……oh yes….. it is England [Westminster]!!

…..and don’t even get me started on NATO!

We need to change so much but that change must come from the ground up……us!

So let’s get behind Liberation and Liberate Scotland. Listen to the drums in the distance that beat for you and me.

All eyes have been looking West today in disbelief but perhaps there is a lesson for us here.

….and that is never take people for granted and never turn on your own!

It only took a hurricane and the lack of National response to turn North Carolina!

We react to the circumstances around us, not to Political theatre. Politicians have a blind spot when it comes to reading the room.

You cannot say ‘Country first’ then spend billions on someone else’s war or cut your own education budget down to the bare bone whilst sending millions to another country for their education!

Yes, Foreign Aid is important but how much is the question, not to mention whose pocket it ends up in…..we’re not very good at checking these things out….we just assume!

Fiscal objectives are very important especially when a good number of your own people are cold and hungry.

Very soon our MSPs and Councils will be setting the budgets which will have an impact on all our lives, so we have every right to ‘follow the money’!

….it is after all our money!

The Scottish Government has and is very economical with the truth when it comes to Freeport’s and SEZs. Billions of Tax Payers money is being sunk into these black holes with little or no return. Money that should be used to provide local services and keep tax rises down in other words keep our cost of living down.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-freeports-in-scotland-bidding-prospectus/green-freeports-in-scotland-bidding-prospectus-delivered-in-partnership-by-the-scottish-government-and-the-uk-government

….and yes, we did have a choice Ms Forbes, and you made yours!

Not sure her geography is very good either, she does not live on the ‘fringe of a Freeport’!

Both Westminster and Holyrood have lost their credibility which leaves us with only one option in Scotland in 2026…

A coup d’état! by the people for the people!!

A plebiscite Election with or without the SNPs involvement by using the List and not putting a foot in Holyrood.

There is also a difference between Parliamentary Sovereignty and People’s Sovereignty, we have the former now……and it’s not working. These things however are for others to work out as we take this Country forward and take it forward we must because our Politicians won’t.

But one thing I do know getting ourselves entangled in Corporate Governance will not end well for anybody except the Shareholders.

The stakeholders in Scotland are you, join others today!

If you like “Theatre” this is your place!

And like any theatre it has within its walls good and bad actors, but without a doubt it is also where budding actors are taught their craft.

We the public are privileged in that we get a weekly free viewing ticket via our TVs…..and oh what a performance we see.

PMQs might be live but the lines spoken are well-rehearsed. Every question and every answer is well researched…..we even get extras….MPs bobbing up and down to give us the audience the notion that somehow it’s all very democratic.

One day, just maybe, the Speaker will have the courage to ‘accidentally’ ask a non-preselected MP, or an MP decided to grow some courage and ask a different Q!….. wouldn’t that be a novelty?.

We have our mini version in Holyrood, that place that rubber stamps everything sent up the road by Westminster.

In Politics ‘bad actors’ does not refer to their acting ability but rather their actions, their intentions, and their motives.

……sadly these people pop up in other organizations as well.

No actor was/is permanent!

This is something we need to remind our current MSPs.

Our MSPs have allowed themselves to be hood-winked by Foreign Provocateurs…bad actors, and the result is Freeports/SEZs. Ms Forbes may shout all she likes about ‘false information’ on SM yet she never contradicts it….. maybe she can’t because all of this information comes from government/ LA documents!

…..and today we have seen another consequence….

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/glasgow-city-council-axed-staff-34024092

Yeh, I know its the Record, but its real and it’s happening in real-time.

So, in future, if you live in Glasgow and you phone the Council [your SNP council] with a Q or problem you are going to end up speaking to someone in India😂😂… that brings absurdity into a new realm!!

The fall of income in this Council has been in part due to its ‘special economic/SEZ status plus the Deals forced upon them.

When something is presented to you which appears to be too good to be true…….read the small print!

Did you know that the Sun Newspaper was created to attract people with reading and comprehension abilities of 9-10 years old?

When I worked for a certain LA, I was always told to write my council reports to that same level! Now just think about that for a minute….maybe answers a lot of questions!

We have a lot of people in the wrong jobs and that is a problem that must be fixed, and we must remember this as parties seek to choose their List Candidates.

Only good vetting in 2026 will bring good and competent governance to a new Sovereign Scotland.

Let’s get it right this time. Liberation is showing the way. Ordinary people with a bit of brain power taking Scotland forward.

The big discussion has started and I hope that both our current crop of Scottish parliamentarians and other Parties are taking note.

2026 is the date on the lips of all activists….politics is not dead to everyone!

The interesting thing is, that these discussions are mostly cross-party, indicating that people are fed up with parties bickering. They want Independence….end of story. They want Parties to work together…..but will they?

My feeling is that in the end, it will be up to us as individuals with one or two exceptions.

As individuals, we find ourselves in a very unique position, a position where we can individually change the course of Scottish history.

There is no magic formula but we do need a formula…..a strategy!

We are in a kind of tug-of-war, a constitutional tug-of-war and the more people we have on our team the more pulling power we will have.

We chose our team and we will write the name on the tag!

…… right now it appears the people have chosen their team, it is called Liberation and it’s not political, but it is powerful!

Powerful because it harnesses the collective power of individuals and doesn’t require either Holyrood or Westminster’s permission.

The plan will by-pass them as Liberation go straight to the ICJ and they will not be happy to learn Westminster deceived them when last asked about Scotland’s status….but then they already know how devious the British government can be.

What Scotland is facing now with Corporate governance is more than just a passing storm, one that we will have to ride out until the 2026 election…. we can and must change the system then, and we start now.

…..we start in our own homes. Talking to our families, our kids and grandkids. If you want to stand on street corners handing out leaflets….good for you but for some of us those days are long gone, so we start with what we have….family! Adding one individual at a time, building the team.

Join the Liberation team today, put your name where it will be counted.

The Scottish Parliamnent did not reconvene on the 12th May 1999, a new arm of Westminster did under the guise of Devolution!

Old Scots Law is not taught in any University in Scotland, only an English interpretation of it. Neither is Constitutional Law!

To this day, the Scottish Government refuses to acknowledge the Scottish Constitution or The Claim of Right, which can and will extricate us from this sham Union.

The only Political building in the world that prohibits the wearing of its flag!……its too political.🙂‍↕️

The Peoples Parliament locks its people out!

…..and Corporate Governance will lead to bankruptcy….. Birmingham Council is the most recent example.

Britain is broke but the company’s that we are paying to invest are not! And no deal yet has lived up to expectations, on the contrary Councils are just waking up to the errors they have made…..a bit like PFI under Labour.

Is it too late…..well no….thanks to Salvo who did warn these firms the contracts they were signing were illegal.

But before we deal with them there is the not-so-little matter of regaining our worldwide legal status and that will only happen if we lay Party Politics aside and move forward as one people.

Can we do it, can we learn the meaning of compromise….I do wonder at times!

Join those working their proverbial socks of trying to make this happen.

Would you describe yourself as normal?

I wouldn’t describe myself that way…….what is normal anyway?

Sounds rather boring to me!

Politicians want us to be normal, any divergence from that is labelled ‘extremist’, and that is precisely how those in Westminster perceive those of us who pursue our Dream. Yet they have no problem celebrating other countries who have successfully gained their Independence.

Everytime a Commonwealth Country showed their intention to seek Independence, Westminster told them and the world they couldn’t afford it…..yet not one of those countries has either become bankrupt or sought to rejoin the Great Britain rip-off!

I am not sure they will get away with that reason for Scotland! They know Independence is coming hence the hurry to Privatise everything and it’s already going pear-shaped south of the Border.

For those of us with some years under our belts, we remember when a contract meant a contract and the company’s bidding for those contracts accepted the penalty clauses…..not now for government or LA contracts in Freeports or SEZ areas…..guess who pays for any risks?

You do, out of your Local Authority budgets, the budgets that have already been decreased because of companies’ tax relief incentives.

It’s time to take a closer look at what your Local Council is up to!

The days are long gone when we just elected someone to the Council or even as MSP and just left them to get on with it…..even if they are not complicit in these underhand dealings they should at least know what’s going on and speak out….ignorance is not an excuse!

The problem is, even at the LA level many are too busy playing Politics and fear of the ‘whips’ takes precedence.

When ‘whips’ stalk the corridors of power they is no democracy only politics.

So, we who have been labelled ‘extremists’ must start living up to our reputation!

Salvo/Liberation have been busy thinking and working outside of the box and we also must find ways outside of the ‘norm’ to further the movement… and ways to pay for it!

Independence will not come cheap!

But it will not cost you a penny to join Liberation and Salvo.

We are all familiar with the saying ‘He who pays the piper, calls the tune’

Never has it been so true as it is in today’s Political theatre.

There also used to be a rule whereby politicians had to declare an interest in lobbying for a company, now they almost own the company!

One of the first priciples of government is to carry out the wishes of the people and to keep those people safe.

Today Governments are run like a business, and business is about profit. Now that might sound like a good idea, they spout things like efficiency etc, except in this case the profits are not being paid into the treasury to be redistributed, no they end up in the pockets of the company shareholders……how many MPs, even MSPs have bank accounts in the Caymen Islands these days?

How much money is hidden behind the heading ‘Think Tanks’, even they are big business these days!

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the centre of London last Saturday. You wouldn’t see it on TV but there is no doubt about it, the people are rising and the biggest fear any government has is…..the people!

It is no different in Scotland, for the last 10 years the Scottish Government in particular its ruling party the SNP have done a brilliant job of marching the people to the top of the hill only to be marched down again. Promise after promise but never delivered.

Now a group of people are making noises, using a different strategy and feathers are being ruffled to the point where Westminster would like to cut off all connections to the EU, disengaging from previous treaties.

They would have you believe its all about re-writing Human Rights legislation, fit for a 2024-25 UK. I believe the other reason is to extricate itself from the De-colonization treaty!

Now why would they do that?

Scottish assets should be invested in its People.

Ask yourself why Peel Ports [Peel as in the Isle of Man] are going to charge thousands of small boat owners £100 per year to sail on the Clyde….. your river. Just the latest scheme to squeeze every last penny out of us….. and there are many more!

Believe me, your local Council is not your friend!

Scotland…….where is your self-respect❓

I keep seeing this poster on Twitter..

Scotland when are you going to realise, YOU ARE THE POWER?

And you can exercise that Power in May 2026 by voting for Sovereignty!