UK has no recognisable values

The Scottish People have the power to end the union

Published in The National, 9th March, 2024.

Rishi Sunak’s unhinged rant following George Galloway’s decisive Rochdale by-election win lays bare not only his contempt for voters but his palpable panic that the British Establishment is losing its grip. 

His claim that ‘British democracy’ is under threat is risible. Any tattered remnants of British democracy were buried with the passage of the National Security Act 2023, which follows on from repressive laws enhancing police powers and mandating voter ID. The government website asserts the Act “is a response to the threat of hostile activity from states targeting the UK’s democracy, economy and values.” 

The UK government has no values any sentient human being would recognise. 

The UK supports Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the “hateful ideological agenda” of Zionism, that justifies the Israeli state stealing Palestine from the Palestinians and oppressing and murdering them. 79 UK companies have an open licence to export arms to Israel, two of which are in Scotland.   

The UK criminalises those who dare to dissent from its narrative and threatens to ban citizens from attending pro-Palestine, but not pro-Israel, gatherings. 

The UK muzzles journalists who try to hold it to account, effectively neutering the media, turning it into a compliant mouthpiece for government propaganda. 

The UK has illegalised migrants and threatened to send them to Rwanda, despite the English Supreme Court ruling it unlawful.  

English Labour in Name Only (ELINO) has been captured by the same corporate elites that control the Tories, giving voters no choice. 

Scotland does have a choice. As an equal partner in the international Treaty of Union, the sovereign Scottish People can choose to leave the UK. Let’s get on with it.