As Andy Anderson wrote in his recent post, A Clear Route to Independence, Scotland’s constitution is based on popular sovereignty, where sovereignty rests with the People, not with parliament or a monarch.
This experience and knowledge of how other similar sized countries organise their democratic sytems is so important to the independence movement in Scotland because it feeds ideas into our constitutional thinking. The feudal system which England has, and which it is trying to impose on Scotland, is just so out of date in the world we live in, where people are mere "subjects" of a sovereign oligarchy.
Leah and I are currently finalising a one-stop internet site which will set out what can be achieved with Direct Democracy (DD) or, more specifically, Decentralised Direct Democracy (DDD).
Remember the 1994 Strathclyde water referendum ? Well, I’ll be setting out how, using the Swiss DDD tools and governance framework, Scotland could make the water referendum systemic rather than just a one-off.
Watch Dear Scotland during the next few weeks because that’s where you’re first going to read about it.
This experience and knowledge of how other similar sized countries organise their democratic sytems is so important to the independence movement in Scotland because it feeds ideas into our constitutional thinking. The feudal system which England has, and which it is trying to impose on Scotland, is just so out of date in the world we live in, where people are mere "subjects" of a sovereign oligarchy.
Thanks for comment, George.
Leah and I are currently finalising a one-stop internet site which will set out what can be achieved with Direct Democracy (DD) or, more specifically, Decentralised Direct Democracy (DDD).
Remember the 1994 Strathclyde water referendum ? Well, I’ll be setting out how, using the Swiss DDD tools and governance framework, Scotland could make the water referendum systemic rather than just a one-off.
Watch Dear Scotland during the next few weeks because that’s where you’re first going to read about it.