I HOPE that one day we will be free from this unequal so-called “union”. A free Scotland where we can make all of our own decisions about what is best for our country and for the people, the citizens NOT subjects.
A free Scotland that is in full fiscal control of our abundant wealth without the corrupt Unequal Kingdom stealing and hiding our abundant wealth from us, and from the rest of the world through accounting tricks and GERS etc.
A free Scotland where we can tackle poverty and wealth inequality, where people can live a better life than they are currently. A fairer society where we DON’T need food banks and where we DON’T have excess deaths due to poverty and inequality. An independent Scotland with a health and wellbeing economy at the heart of it.
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An independent Scotland where the people actually matter and NOT the corporate greed and the exponential corruption of the 1% so-called elite.
An independent Scotland where the people’s voices and the democracy of the people are NOT denied by another country’s government.
An independent Scotland where the people’s sovereignty is, and always will reign supreme, and NOT the sovereignty of any parliament, government, nor crown!
An independent Scotland that promotes peace and NOT war. An independent Scotland where we care about our vital public services and NOT about weapons of mass destruction.
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An independent Scotland that cares about its people and NOT the offshore bank accounts of the 1% so-called elite. An independent Scotland that cares about fairness and society and does NOT care about stuffing a “House of Lords” with unelected “privileged” entitled people.
What lives “rent free” in my head is a better society, a better way, a better future ... NOT for me ... but for the people that come after me.
Coinneach MacAnndrais
via email
BEING a political party responsible for setting its own policies and running its own affairs is more than a matter of semantics.
The Rutherglen and West Hamilton by-election has made it quite clear that the Scottish Labour Party is not a political party, as it can neither remove the two-child cap nor mitigate its effects if that is contrary to UK Labour Party policy.
In fact the accounts submitted by Scottish Labour Party to the Electoral Commission now show quite clearly that it is not a separate political party, perhaps not even a financially autonomous branch.
The accounts were published by the Electoral Commission under the heading: “Party – Labour Party”, “Accounting Unit – Scottish Labour Party”.
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The branch treasurer reports that it is a “going concern” because “... the Labour Party has confirmed that it will provide financial assistance to The Scottish Labour Party as required to allow The Scottish Labour Party to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months...”
Note 14 on the financial statement says that “The Scottish Labour Party is a political party established under the national rules of the Labour Party.” Whatever that might be, it is not the same as a political party established under the rules of the UK Electoral Commission as the Scottish Labour Party does not appear on the EC’s Register of UK Political Parties permitted to take part as entities in any UK elections.
What is wrong with being a branch of the Labour Party? Are Scottish members fooling themselves, trying to fool the voters or do they believe that Scots are too small, too poor and too stupid to establish an independent political party?
John Jamieson
South Queensferry
IT’S becoming more and more annoying to read continuously about campervan owners and other form of campers whose camping equipment lacks a simple fold-up spade.
Why? Because these so-called tourists think that when wild camping in areas such as the NC500 and now Glen Coe, it’s OK to defecate the area with their own bodily shite and just leave it, without a care in the world for the environment, for others who volunteer to collect these and other rubbish remains such tourists leave behind.
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A fold-up spade to dig a hole in the ground would, to some extent, solve the problem of leftover bodily food remains and other similar rubbish by simply burying it. Non-destructible rubbish can be left tidily in a black plastic bag, which can be collected later by the volunteers who make the effort to keep our country clean.
Similarly, owners of motor homes, which should have built-in toilets anyway, have also been accused of leaving rubbish behind, such as used barbecue equipment and other leftover waste. A black plastic bag is of no consequence to have on board a motor home for putting leftover rubbish in.
These so-called tourists who choose to wild camp must do so with some forethought and responsibility for the environment of wherever they are.
Leave it as you found it for others to enjoy!
Alan Magnus-Bennett
Fife
MAY I say a big well done to Shona Craven for her article highlighting the perverse child sex dolls industry (Urgent action is needed to outlaw child sex dolls, Aug 29)? I totally agree with Shona that this industry needs to be outlawed quick smart by our government and that there is no place for this vile industry in Scotland pandering to a section of males of the human species. I don’t know about anyone else, but this makes me ashamed to be human.What a horrible species we are in many ways.
BRAVO SHONA, mair power tae yer elbow hen!
Anne Smart
Glasgow
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