When Boris Johnson said no to another referendum on Scottish independence, Alex Neil, a former health secretary in the Scottish government, called on Scots to force the PM’s hand by emulating Mahatma Gandhi. Passive resistance, “securing rights by personal suffering” as Gandhi put it, was the way, thought Neil, to shame the British oppressor into… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 31
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Aug 2021. Chilling Free Speech
We’re a growingly intolerant society since Brexit. Dominic Cummings made a lot of markers for Free Speech, but now he’s gone! It’s argued that people need to stand up to their rights being discriminated, they need to fight for their rights. In Scotland, the Hate Speech Laws are a situation where your home is no… Continue reading Aug 2021. Chilling Free Speech
Aug 2021. The Slippery Slope of Hate Speech in Scotland
Alastair Stewart talks about the imaginary rule we have about culture. He talks about Dominic Cummings being refused a meal at a restaurant in Scotland due to who he is, he quietly leaves with his company. He returns the next night and discusses the issue with the management of the restaurant. The next night he… Continue reading Aug 2021. The Slippery Slope of Hate Speech in Scotland
The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 30
The level of poverty in Scotland in 2007 was running at 17 per cent, quite rightly described as a sign of serious political and economic failure. The problem for the SNP, even if it currently does not appear to be an electoral one, is that after 12 years of SNP government poverty is now the… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 30
Aug 2021. Trans Law in Scotland
The Scottish Executive is proposing to make it easier to legally change gender, as as young an age as four! Supporters say the plans are vital to ensure transgender people are treated with dignity – but one woman who used hormones and surgery to become a man, only to regret the decision, has described the… Continue reading Aug 2021. Trans Law in Scotland
Aug 2021. Running Away from Ourselves
Neil Oliver talks about the UK Government, and through the guise of the Covid Pandemic they are more and more telling us what to do. He talks about the ‘Snoopers Charter’ in Scotland which was defeated, a Bill which would have meant a named person appointed by the Scottish Executive, would be able to talk… Continue reading Aug 2021. Running Away from Ourselves
The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 29
It is widely thought that over and above disillusionment with eight years of Tony Blair’s New Labour government there were two specific policy areas that got the SNP over the line in front of Labour by a single seat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections. The first was the pledge to abolish the council tax,… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 29
The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 28
After such a period of uninterrupted power and popular support, actually increasing their share of the constituency vote at each election, it would be easy to excuse the thought that the SNP had earned its political success by bold promises, and then delivering on them, changing the face of Scotland in the way that some… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 28
Jun 2021. The Forgotten Scots
Neil Oliver – “We’re in failed state territory. I hang my head in disbelief and sadness at what Scotland has become – the state of the economy, the state of the health service, of education, the fiasco of the ferries, the drugs deaths. It’s a shambles and shameful and I look on at the country… Continue reading Jun 2021. The Forgotten Scots
Jun 2021. Covid Restrictions in Scotland
Millions of people in Scotland have moved into lower restriction levels, allowing them to meet in larger groups indoors and outside. In Glasgow people are allowed to meet in each other’s homes for the first time in nine months, and to drink alcohol in pub and restaurants. Other areas of the mainland are seeing soft… Continue reading Jun 2021. Covid Restrictions in Scotland