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Alan Crowe's avatar

The Holyrood administration will not implement anything that would threaten the 'union' They do not administer for the benefit of the Scottish people, they make that very clear and taunt with 'what ya gonna do about it, eh!

They know they are safe in their bubble due to the subservience of a majority of the Scottish people.

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Peter A Bell's avatar

We already have the right of self-determination. We don't need the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) for that. Whether we need it for anything else is up for debate.

There is a very common contradiction in the diatribes from critics of the SNP Scottish Government and its abject failure to progress Scotland's cause. In one metaphorical breath they will insist with bitter invective that the SNP will NEVER change. In the next breath, they list the things that the Scottish Government must be forced to do.

Happily, Leah Gunn Barrett doesn't fall into this particular folly. But she does wander into another. It's the 'if-this-then-why-not-that' question. If it is assumed we have the power to force the Scottish Government to enact / implement the ICCPR, why don't we use that power to do something more immediately and significantly beneficial to Scotland's cause.

If we have the ability to force the Scottish Government to do whatever with ICCPR, then surely that same power could be deployed to force the SNP to adopt the Manifesto for Independence.

There is an election looming. (They loom early these days.) This is the time when we have the most leverage. It only becomes useful leverage, however, if we combine around a common purpose.

The Manifesto for Independence is only plan for restoring Scotland's independence in existence. Only New Scotland Party (NSP) has adopted the Manifesto for Independence. What NSP proposes is that every pro-independence voter declares that they will only vote for candidates whose party has adopted the Manifesto for Independence. In this way, we put pressure on not only the SNP. but all the nominally pro-independence parties.

Every democratic event must be treated as if it is our last opportunity to rescue Scotland from the scourge of British imperialism. We should think very carefully about how we use these democratic events.

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