To cease a 300 year old union
In this very well attended public lecture at the University of Edinburgh on 16 February 2020, Joanna Cherry MP sets out her thoughts on events of the last five years, the democratic deficit, constitutional...
Category: Politics
Of the people, by the people, for the people
In the recent SCOT goes POP Panelbase Poll the following question was asked about democracy. The UK government has said that it will not allow the Scottish Parliament to call an independence referendum even...
Reading between the lines
A lot of very unhappy people on social media who were expecting the First Minister to announce a date on Friday. They are annoyed and lashing out, cancelling SNP subscriptions and calling for Nicola...
Passion, patience and respect
Nicola Sturgeon sets out the next steps for Independence There is no denying the unhappiness at the First Minister’s speech this morning by those who had built up their hopes and anticipated a date...
Leaving lights on
Today in Holyrood, there was a debate on whether Scotland should hold another independence referendum this year. The motion was: Speaking in the debate First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “I’m asking Parliament to endorse...
Promises, promises, promises!
Whilst Tory Central Office has sent out the diktat to keep repeating No to a second indyref, the Labour leadership contest has shown candidates expressing No in a variety of different ways. And if...
Social and equality impacts of Brexit
Brexiters insist everything is rosy and will become even better after Friday 31st January, their independence day, when the UK leaves the EU. But the reality is otherwise. The pound, according to the Guardian’s...
The grim cost of Brexit to date
The scale of UK payments to the EU was a major part of the Leave campaign’s argument for Brexit. Remember the message on the red bus that £350m per week could be saved for...
Petition against the eradication of Scotland – 2
Alongside the petition to the European Parliament submitted by Equality Nation on 16th January 2020 was an open letter to the EU Parliament and EU Commission in support of our formal petition to the...
Petition against the eradication of Scotland – 1
This is the wording of the petition submitted on 16th January 2020 by Equality Nation to the European Parliament on Scotland being dragged out of the EU despite 62% of Scotland’s people voting, in...
