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.
Yes, but Respect Scottish Sovereignty (RSS) is trying to change that by helping to create autonomous units all over Scotland where local people focus on local issues - pylons, freeports, nuclear waste, unwanted developments, energy prices - and bug their MSPs ad nauseam to implement ICCPR and give them the political rights they are due under Popular Sovereignty. https://respectscottishsovereignty.scot
You or I can do precious little Ann, what's needed is for Holyrood to go ahead and do something that Westminster says no to, sort of give them the middle finger, but it won't happen, the SNP are completely captured by the British state.
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.
Why not do both? Independence without decentralised direct democracy is no more than a Westminster mini-me. By advocating for ICCPR, we are also educating the Scottish People about their political rights.
Aye. Why not do three things? Or six things? Why not go back to 2013, when we had a thousand different things hitching a ride on Scotland's cause? After all, that worked out really well, didn't it?
Most, if not all of those thousand different things are perfectly worthy causes in their own right. But if it doesn't directly and immediately connect to the restoration of Scotland's independence, I'm not interested. Because without independence restored, none of those thousand things is happening.
Leah I wrote this form in response to our apparent inability to FORCE this craven administration to do anything about independence
I wrote a similar form prior to the 2021 election where I demanded Sturgeon do certain things or the individual signatory would refuse to vote for the snp
I posted the form on WOS ,Yours For Scotland ,and Barrhead Boy asking for their help in making the form downloadable and accessible
Wings Stuart Campbell ignored my pleas, The late Iain Lawson thought it was ok but wouldn't host it , Barrhead Boy didn't think it would work and wouldn't host it
We in the independence movement keep asking the same question , How do we FORCE the grossly incompetent and corrupt snp Scottish Administration to do our bidding
Answer REFUSE to vote for them and destroy their comfortable lifestyles , BUT some indy supporters are feart that will lead to a unionist Scottish Government without being honest and admitting that effectively that is what the snp has become by their abject disgusting cowardice in abandoning independence
I would like your opinion on my latest form and would be grateful for anyone's opinion and anyone's help or instruction on how to get it online and available for download to be sent by individuals to the snp barriers for independence , I would also like instruction on how to put it on (twitter) X and if anyone is on facebook to post it there
FINAL WARNING
DECLARATION OF DEMAND AND INTENT
To John Swinney and the hierarchy of the SNP political party, currently the Scottish Government, I lay out my demands to you
I (Insert Name) residing at (Insert Address) a constituent and voter within Scotland advise that you take notice of what is being demanded of you and your party, failure to do so will result in the loss of your very substantial financial rewards and your well remunerated package by the removal of your position as a political party representative seeking re-election as the Scottish Government or as a member of the Scottish Parliament
I am a committed and dedicated supporter of independence for Scotland and I am outraged and disgusted that the SNP management has chosen to select policies and decisions contrary to the wishes of the electorate and completely outwith the mandates they were given to drive forward independence for Scotland
Successive First Ministers have chosen to ignore the demands and wishes of the independence seeking electorate focusing instead on personal fringe issue policies that are only relevant to a minority of the Scottish public, whereas the desperate independence of Scotland and the ability to create a fairer more prosperous , just and equal country for all Scottish citizens is being sidelined and ignored
The concentration and fixation on reviled and dividing policies against the wishes of the electorate is enabling the enemies of Scotland to capitalise on the fragmentation of the independence movement ,which must stop immediately
Westminster and all unionist parties continue to undermine and denigrate Scotland and Scots demands , ridiculing and insulting our SNP representatives unrelentingly and without adequate challenge
With these substantial points in mind I demand that the First Minister and leader of the SNP state publicly and unequivocally that for the forthcoming Scottish election and any subsequent elections the SNP will be uniting with other independence seeking parties to nominate one independence seeking candidate for each of the constituency votes and the regional votes throughout Scotland, if the chosen independence seeking candidates are successful in winning the majority of seats and the majority of votes , that will trigger an automatic declaration of intent to hold negotiations with WM on the disbursement of joint resources
I also demand that John Swinney and the hierarchy of the SNP immediately announce the formation of a convention of independent independence groups and organisations which will be operational within the next 2-3 months and will be independent and unaligned to or restricted by any political party
In conjunction with the convention I demand that MSPs implement without delay the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),
Failure to accept and act on my demands will result in my refusal to vote for any member or representative of the SNP in any and all forthcoming elections
This is very good, Robert. I'm not an SNP member nor do I have an SNP MSP or MP. I'm stuck with the Viceroy and the incredibly incompetent and dim Daniel Johnson, both English Labour. Can you get this out to the SNP branches all over Scotland and have the members blast it to the MSPs/MPs? I know the SNP membership is frustrated that the leadership is ignoring them.
I'm not a member of any political party, Billy. Scotland is a mess, as you say, because it is a colony of England - pure and simple. The SNP have become the colonial administration, a Westminster mini-me.
As for the English Labour party, they are registered in England, rule from England and on behalf of England. That's why they are English. Get it? Scotland's 57 MPs can never have a voice against England's 543. That was the way this faux union was designed from the outset.
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.
Yes, but Respect Scottish Sovereignty (RSS) is trying to change that by helping to create autonomous units all over Scotland where local people focus on local issues - pylons, freeports, nuclear waste, unwanted developments, energy prices - and bug their MSPs ad nauseam to implement ICCPR and give them the political rights they are due under Popular Sovereignty. https://respectscottishsovereignty.scot
Those of us in the Minority who do not agree with this subserviance need to get our act together and resist!
You or I can do precious little Ann, what's needed is for Holyrood to go ahead and do something that Westminster says no to, sort of give them the middle finger, but it won't happen, the SNP are completely captured by the British state.
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.
Why not do both? Independence without decentralised direct democracy is no more than a Westminster mini-me. By advocating for ICCPR, we are also educating the Scottish People about their political rights.
Aye. Why not do three things? Or six things? Why not go back to 2013, when we had a thousand different things hitching a ride on Scotland's cause? After all, that worked out really well, didn't it?
Most, if not all of those thousand different things are perfectly worthy causes in their own right. But if it doesn't directly and immediately connect to the restoration of Scotland's independence, I'm not interested. Because without independence restored, none of those thousand things is happening.
Leah I wrote this form in response to our apparent inability to FORCE this craven administration to do anything about independence
I wrote a similar form prior to the 2021 election where I demanded Sturgeon do certain things or the individual signatory would refuse to vote for the snp
I posted the form on WOS ,Yours For Scotland ,and Barrhead Boy asking for their help in making the form downloadable and accessible
Wings Stuart Campbell ignored my pleas, The late Iain Lawson thought it was ok but wouldn't host it , Barrhead Boy didn't think it would work and wouldn't host it
We in the independence movement keep asking the same question , How do we FORCE the grossly incompetent and corrupt snp Scottish Administration to do our bidding
Answer REFUSE to vote for them and destroy their comfortable lifestyles , BUT some indy supporters are feart that will lead to a unionist Scottish Government without being honest and admitting that effectively that is what the snp has become by their abject disgusting cowardice in abandoning independence
I would like your opinion on my latest form and would be grateful for anyone's opinion and anyone's help or instruction on how to get it online and available for download to be sent by individuals to the snp barriers for independence , I would also like instruction on how to put it on (twitter) X and if anyone is on facebook to post it there
FINAL WARNING
DECLARATION OF DEMAND AND INTENT
To John Swinney and the hierarchy of the SNP political party, currently the Scottish Government, I lay out my demands to you
I (Insert Name) residing at (Insert Address) a constituent and voter within Scotland advise that you take notice of what is being demanded of you and your party, failure to do so will result in the loss of your very substantial financial rewards and your well remunerated package by the removal of your position as a political party representative seeking re-election as the Scottish Government or as a member of the Scottish Parliament
I am a committed and dedicated supporter of independence for Scotland and I am outraged and disgusted that the SNP management has chosen to select policies and decisions contrary to the wishes of the electorate and completely outwith the mandates they were given to drive forward independence for Scotland
Successive First Ministers have chosen to ignore the demands and wishes of the independence seeking electorate focusing instead on personal fringe issue policies that are only relevant to a minority of the Scottish public, whereas the desperate independence of Scotland and the ability to create a fairer more prosperous , just and equal country for all Scottish citizens is being sidelined and ignored
The concentration and fixation on reviled and dividing policies against the wishes of the electorate is enabling the enemies of Scotland to capitalise on the fragmentation of the independence movement ,which must stop immediately
Westminster and all unionist parties continue to undermine and denigrate Scotland and Scots demands , ridiculing and insulting our SNP representatives unrelentingly and without adequate challenge
With these substantial points in mind I demand that the First Minister and leader of the SNP state publicly and unequivocally that for the forthcoming Scottish election and any subsequent elections the SNP will be uniting with other independence seeking parties to nominate one independence seeking candidate for each of the constituency votes and the regional votes throughout Scotland, if the chosen independence seeking candidates are successful in winning the majority of seats and the majority of votes , that will trigger an automatic declaration of intent to hold negotiations with WM on the disbursement of joint resources
I also demand that John Swinney and the hierarchy of the SNP immediately announce the formation of a convention of independent independence groups and organisations which will be operational within the next 2-3 months and will be independent and unaligned to or restricted by any political party
In conjunction with the convention I demand that MSPs implement without delay the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),
Failure to accept and act on my demands will result in my refusal to vote for any member or representative of the SNP in any and all forthcoming elections
Respectfully and Sincerely ( Signature)
This is very good, Robert. I'm not an SNP member nor do I have an SNP MSP or MP. I'm stuck with the Viceroy and the incredibly incompetent and dim Daniel Johnson, both English Labour. Can you get this out to the SNP branches all over Scotland and have the members blast it to the MSPs/MPs? I know the SNP membership is frustrated that the leadership is ignoring them.
Actually, not sure we are still a minority with recent polling figures showing around 55% in favour if Independence, so all the more reason to act!
I'm not a member of any political party, Billy. Scotland is a mess, as you say, because it is a colony of England - pure and simple. The SNP have become the colonial administration, a Westminster mini-me.
As for the English Labour party, they are registered in England, rule from England and on behalf of England. That's why they are English. Get it? Scotland's 57 MPs can never have a voice against England's 543. That was the way this faux union was designed from the outset.
Please stop trolling.
I see Billy had the good sense to delete his comment. :)