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Scotland will not be decolonised by the United Nations. Only the people of Scotland can decolonise our nation. There seems a strong possibility now that the UN will support our efforts to liberate Scotland. But the effort must be made by us!

A historic moment!

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The new thinking

Start today to decolonise your mind.

There is, I venture to state, a widespread if not general acceptance within the Yes movement that one of the positives of the 2014 referendum campaign was the normalisation of the word ‘independence’ – even if the actual concept was little examined. A term that had previously been consigned to the ideological fringe found currency in mainstream political discourse – there to remain. It might also…

The new thinking

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The new thinking

Think differently!

There is, I venture to state, a widespread if not general acceptance within the Yes movement that one of the positives of the 2014 referendum campaign was the normalisation of the word ‘independence’ – even if the actual concept was little examined. A term that had previously been consigned to the ideological fringe found currency in mainstream political discourse – there to remain. It might also…

The new thinking

[realpeterabell]

The new thinking

Decolonise your mind!

There is, I venture to state, a widespread if not general acceptance within the Yes movement that one of the positives of the 2014 referendum campaign was the normalisation of the word ‘independence’ – even if the actual concept was little examined. A term that had previously been consigned to the ideological fringe found currency in mainstream political discourse – there to remain. It might also…

The new thinking

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The new thinking

When we talk of colonised minds, we refer to the long-term effect of the capture of all the fundamental apparatus of one nation by another. This effect is inevitable, insidious and intellectually incapacitating in that the colonised mind can only think like a colonised mind while vigorously rejecting the suggestion that it has been colonised.

There is, I venture to state, a widespread if not general acceptance within the Yes movement that one of the positives of the 2014 referendum campaign was the normalisation of the word ‘independence’ – even if the actual concept was little examined. A term that had previously been consigned to the ideological fringe found currency in mainstream political discourse – there to remain. It might also…

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The new thinking

First, decolonise your mind!

There is, I venture to state, a widespread if not general acceptance within the Yes movement that one of the positives of the 2014 referendum campaign was the normalisation of the word ‘independence’ – even if the actual concept was little examined. A term that had previously been consigned to the ideological fringe found currency in mainstream political discourse – there to remain. It might also…

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The new thinking

Decolonise your mind!

There is, I venture to state, a widespread if not general acceptance within the Yes movement that one of the positives of the 2014 referendum campaign was the normalisation of the word ‘independence’ – even if the actual concept was little examined. A term that had previously been consigned to the ideological fringe found currency in mainstream political discourse – there to remain. It might also…

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The new thinking

We need to rethink the whole constitutional issue putting the people of Scotland it its centre.

There is, I venture to state, a widespread if not general acceptance within the Yes movement that one of the positives of the 2014 referendum campaign was the normalisation of the word ‘independence’ – even if the actual concept was little examined. A term that had previously been consigned to the ideological fringe found currency in mainstream political discourse – there to remain. It might also…

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