Most Scots know that we are stronger together and want to build a successful economic future based on our shared culture, history and institutions. Institutions such as our currency – the pound. Today, the SNP will vote to scrap the pound and adopt a new currency in an independent Scotland, putting salaries, mortgages and pensions… Continue reading George Galloway – SNP Don’t Speak for Scotland Part 4
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George Galloway – SNP Don’t Speak for Scotland Part 3
The People of Scotland remember the division and the toxic atmosphere from 2014 and they don’t want to go through that again any time soon. And they certainly don’t want to go through it while the country is still divided over Brexit. Whatever your views on Brexit, we can all agree that it has revealed… Continue reading George Galloway – SNP Don’t Speak for Scotland Part 3
Sep 2020. Proposal to Change UK Brexit Deal
The United Kingdom is threatening to renege on parts of its Brexit agreement with the European Union, potentially violating international law and upending trade negotiations with the bloc. On Wednesday, the UK government introduced the UK Internal Market Bill, an anodyne-sounding piece of legislation that’s anything but. The bill targets a specific part of the… Continue reading Sep 2020. Proposal to Change UK Brexit Deal
George Galloway – SNP Don’t Speak for Scotland Part 2
Nicola Sturgeon, instead of Grandstanding every day five days a week, should be working for the People of Scotland instead of Posturing for another Referendum on Independence. She could start by fixing the mess her Government has made of our once-envied education system. It emerged this week that some schools are having to teach pupils… Continue reading George Galloway – SNP Don’t Speak for Scotland Part 2
Sep 2020. Criticism to Change UK Brexit Deal
The EU is demanding the UK ditches plans to change Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal “by the end of the month” or risk jeopardising trade talks. The UK has published a bill to rewrite parts of the withdrawal agreement it signed in January. The EU said this had “seriously damaged trust” and it would not be… Continue reading Sep 2020. Criticism to Change UK Brexit Deal
George Galloway – SNP Don’t Speak for Scotland Part 1
For the SNP, it is independence first, second and always. Nationalist politicians would do well to understand that their own priorities are at odds with the people of Scotland. We know this from the latest opinion polling. Voters were asked to rank issues in order of which they thought should be the most important for… Continue reading George Galloway – SNP Don’t Speak for Scotland Part 1
Aug 2020. Those Held in Iran
August 2020. Anoosheh Ashoori was arrested in Iran in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years in prison after being accused by the Iranian government of spying, charges he denies. He is one of eight known dual-nationality British citizens to have been arrested and detained in Iran in recent years. That number includes Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, convicted… Continue reading Aug 2020. Those Held in Iran
Aug 2020. Kenyans sue UK over Colonial Era
August 2020. Kenyan and British lawyers have submitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of Kenyans who were forced from their land during the British colonial era. They say they suffered horrific human rights abuses when British settlers took over their land in what is now Kericho County in the fertile… Continue reading Aug 2020. Kenyans sue UK over Colonial Era
Jul 2020. Boris Johnson on the Coronavirus
July 2020. Boris Johnson has admitted the government did not understand coronavirus during the “first few weeks and months” of the UK outbreak. The PM told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg there were “very open questions” about whether the lockdown had started too late. Mr Johnson also spoke of “lessons to be learned” and said… Continue reading Jul 2020. Boris Johnson on the Coronavirus
Jul 2020. PM Boris Johnson One Year in Job
July 2020. Boris Johnson today celebrates one year as the UK’s Prime Minister after taking over from Theresa May in the midst of a fierce Brexit storm. Twelve months on, has he lived up to your expectations? Mr Johnson is celebrating his first anniversary as the nation’s leader at Chequers. His first year in office… Continue reading Jul 2020. PM Boris Johnson One Year in Job