I wrote to my 8 MSP's re the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill , I received one response from the 8 of them , That response came from the conservative MSP Russell Findlay who wrote
"You raise the possibility of the Bill being put to the Scottish public through a referendum under the Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020. I recognise the widespread concerns about the changes that the Bill will implement, but I do not support putting the Bill to the public through a referendum."
I responded to his message thus
"Thank you for your response Mr Findlay , however your response fails to acknowledge the breaches of protocol in the Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020, You also say that you recognise the widespread
concerns about the changes that the Bill will implement,but you do not support putting the Bill to the public through a referendum. May I ask why you don't support putting the bill to the public via a referendum, surely when such a bill is forced through due to party politics and collusion despite overwhelming opposition from the electorate,exemplified by the despicable Hate Crime Act , it creates a situation whereby the electorate feel disenfranchised and unrepresented , as a member of the voting public I find that MSP's appear to be ignoring the wishes of the public more and more which in my opinion is showing contempt for the views and opinions of the electorate , I also feel that your aversion to putting this bill to the electorate where their views should be paramount indicates a condescension where you believe your opinion has more value"
I have not received any further response from Mr Findlay but your article further highlights the contempt and condescension faced by the electorate from most if not ALL of the MSP'S from all parties, I have sent numerous emails to all my constituency representatives on many subjects and their responses to them has been abysmally poor
Thanks, Robert. Your response to Findlay was right on the mark. Holyrood is a devolved administration based on Westminster's parliamentary sovereignty - the only material differences are the layout of the debating chamber and the fact that Westminster imposed the D'Hondt PR system in the hopes that an independence supporting party wouldn't receive a majority. The whole thing needs to be thrown out and replaced with a new system based on DD and a written constitution - as well as constitutions for the regions - written by the People. That's where we need to get to.
Robert, thanks a lot for your excellent post. You might be interested to know that, in its Policy Memorandum (PM) on the Hate Bill, ScotGov stated that « The majority of individuals were not supportive of hate crime laws » You don’t need clearer evidence than that to demonstrate that public opinion was ignored. FYI, I’ve summarised that, together with other misleading content in the consultation conclusions on the GRR & VWJR Bills in one A4 page which I sent to my MSPs cc to the Criminal Justice Committee. I’m talking with Leah about how to best make that page generally available. I also requested that the CJC correct it’s 29/3 report to Parliament on Stage 1 of VWJR but that was refused. CJC were fairplay by replying rapidly to my e-mails. ScotGov, however, has not yet replied to my e-mail of 31/3 suggesting corrections to misleading content in the PM on the VWJR Bill (Reminder sent on 14/4 - no reply yet). I intend to shortly send my own MSP follow-up message and then who knows ? - maybe we need to put our collective heads down and, together with the legal profession, really push for a popular referendum…
Thanks for your kind words Henry , it is extremely infuriating that these moronic authoritarians believe they have the right and intellectual capacity to ignore and frustrate the wishes and views of the electorate , TBQH I deplore politicians especially the current clowns who infest HR and WM they are nothing but a shower of incompetents and grifters whose only aim is to milk the system for as much as they can extort , I admire the genuine cadre of people who have resurrected SALVO ,SSRG and Liberation.Scot , they IMO are the arrowheads that are forging a new awakening in our quest for independence , we have to find a way to impeach these people for the corruption and collusion of their actions, I also think we need to crowdfund a prosecution of these betrayers for the damage they have done to Scotland and Scots .
When I hear people talk about a truth and reconciliation committee I get angry I don't want reconciliation , I want revenge
Thanks Robert, we’re on the same line of thought. Pls check out my website wecollect.scot, have a think about it, and come back to me. We’re now at the start of a 4-5 month period during which I foresee confrontation with MSPs but, on the finishing line around end 2024, à form of consensus that the only way out of Scotland’s current political mess is for the People and Parliament to work together, on an equal basis, in a very delicate consensual model - but with the People having the last word. See the Swiss Governance Framework on pg 14 of wecollect. You could check out Clearing the Smoke as well. 2024 is going to be an interesting year…
I wrote to my 8 MSP's re the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill , I received one response from the 8 of them , That response came from the conservative MSP Russell Findlay who wrote
"You raise the possibility of the Bill being put to the Scottish public through a referendum under the Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020. I recognise the widespread concerns about the changes that the Bill will implement, but I do not support putting the Bill to the public through a referendum."
I responded to his message thus
"Thank you for your response Mr Findlay , however your response fails to acknowledge the breaches of protocol in the Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020, You also say that you recognise the widespread
concerns about the changes that the Bill will implement,but you do not support putting the Bill to the public through a referendum. May I ask why you don't support putting the bill to the public via a referendum, surely when such a bill is forced through due to party politics and collusion despite overwhelming opposition from the electorate,exemplified by the despicable Hate Crime Act , it creates a situation whereby the electorate feel disenfranchised and unrepresented , as a member of the voting public I find that MSP's appear to be ignoring the wishes of the public more and more which in my opinion is showing contempt for the views and opinions of the electorate , I also feel that your aversion to putting this bill to the electorate where their views should be paramount indicates a condescension where you believe your opinion has more value"
I have not received any further response from Mr Findlay but your article further highlights the contempt and condescension faced by the electorate from most if not ALL of the MSP'S from all parties, I have sent numerous emails to all my constituency representatives on many subjects and their responses to them has been abysmally poor
Thanks, Robert. Your response to Findlay was right on the mark. Holyrood is a devolved administration based on Westminster's parliamentary sovereignty - the only material differences are the layout of the debating chamber and the fact that Westminster imposed the D'Hondt PR system in the hopes that an independence supporting party wouldn't receive a majority. The whole thing needs to be thrown out and replaced with a new system based on DD and a written constitution - as well as constitutions for the regions - written by the People. That's where we need to get to.
Robert, thanks a lot for your excellent post. You might be interested to know that, in its Policy Memorandum (PM) on the Hate Bill, ScotGov stated that « The majority of individuals were not supportive of hate crime laws » You don’t need clearer evidence than that to demonstrate that public opinion was ignored. FYI, I’ve summarised that, together with other misleading content in the consultation conclusions on the GRR & VWJR Bills in one A4 page which I sent to my MSPs cc to the Criminal Justice Committee. I’m talking with Leah about how to best make that page generally available. I also requested that the CJC correct it’s 29/3 report to Parliament on Stage 1 of VWJR but that was refused. CJC were fairplay by replying rapidly to my e-mails. ScotGov, however, has not yet replied to my e-mail of 31/3 suggesting corrections to misleading content in the PM on the VWJR Bill (Reminder sent on 14/4 - no reply yet). I intend to shortly send my own MSP follow-up message and then who knows ? - maybe we need to put our collective heads down and, together with the legal profession, really push for a popular referendum…
Thanks for your kind words Henry , it is extremely infuriating that these moronic authoritarians believe they have the right and intellectual capacity to ignore and frustrate the wishes and views of the electorate , TBQH I deplore politicians especially the current clowns who infest HR and WM they are nothing but a shower of incompetents and grifters whose only aim is to milk the system for as much as they can extort , I admire the genuine cadre of people who have resurrected SALVO ,SSRG and Liberation.Scot , they IMO are the arrowheads that are forging a new awakening in our quest for independence , we have to find a way to impeach these people for the corruption and collusion of their actions, I also think we need to crowdfund a prosecution of these betrayers for the damage they have done to Scotland and Scots .
When I hear people talk about a truth and reconciliation committee I get angry I don't want reconciliation , I want revenge
Thanks Robert, we’re on the same line of thought. Pls check out my website wecollect.scot, have a think about it, and come back to me. We’re now at the start of a 4-5 month period during which I foresee confrontation with MSPs but, on the finishing line around end 2024, à form of consensus that the only way out of Scotland’s current political mess is for the People and Parliament to work together, on an equal basis, in a very delicate consensual model - but with the People having the last word. See the Swiss Governance Framework on pg 14 of wecollect. You could check out Clearing the Smoke as well. 2024 is going to be an interesting year…