#endtheunion

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Scotland can only lose!

Scotland is guaranteed to get the government England votes for, regardless of how we vote. Our vote carries no weight whatever. The Union is fundamentally anti-democratic and should be ended for that reason alone.

Lesley Riddoch’s entire column is based on the risibly false premise that in the 2024 Westminster election there can be a “win” in Scotland. It’s a Westminster election. There is no “win” for Scotland. The vote in Scotland is totally irrelevant. As always, the UK government will be chosen by voters in England. Scotland’s vote will have no impact whatever. Imagine this as a thought exercise to…

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Vote for what you want, not what they offer!

Strip away the deceptive rhetoric around both the Alba and the SNP offerings and both can be seen as surreptitious Section 30 order requests. A move which would compromise the sovereignty of Scotland's people and seriously (perhaps fatally) undermine Scot

Like the SNP, Alba Party repeats ad nauseam that it is offering a ‘strategy for independence’ but fails to explain what that ‘strategy’ is beyond getting people to vote for them. Alex Salmond mentions the phrase “give democratic effect” – the SNP leadership’s euphemism for a Section 30 order. But read Alba Party’s website and you’ll find that they defer to Westminster every bit as obsequiously as…

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Vote honourably!

It may be argued that to vote as the British system expects you to, by putting your mark next to the name of a candidate - it doesn't matter which one - you are condoning by participation a system which ensures that your vote is meaningless.

Mike Small is right! Nothing of what is being offered in this election is worthy of our support. The British state is a Tory state. You might vote the Tories out of office. You will never vote them out of power. If you live in Scotland, you don’t even have the option of voting them out of office. If you vote in Scotland in a Westminster election, your vote is voided. It is an election to the…

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Putting party before cause

There are a lot of people out there who will blithely turn a blind eye to the SNP's betrayal just so they can say their 'side' won. And doubtless claim gloating rights over Alba and the rest - in perpetuity!

Richard Walker is being overgenerous when he says “the independence message from the SNP is confused”. It has certainly confused Richard. Like many (most?) of us, I suspect, he is still struggling to figure out who was saying about what the party’s ‘strategy’ was at any given time. He reminds us that “Humza Yousaf said the return of a majority of SNP MPs would signal the start of independence…

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[realpeterabell]

Putting party before cause

There are a lot of people out there who will blithely turn a blind eye to the SNP's betrayal just so they can say their 'side' won. And doubtless claim gloating rights over Alba and the rest - in perpetuity!

Richard Walker is being overgenerous when he says “the independence message from the SNP is confused”. It has certainly confused Richard. Like many (most?) of us, I suspect, he is still struggling to figure out who was saying about what the party’s ‘strategy’ was at any given time. He reminds us that “Humza Yousaf said the return of a majority of SNP MPs would signal the start of independence…

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[realpeterabell]

Scotland can only lose!

Scotland is guaranteed to get the government England votes for, regardless of how we vote. Our vote carries no weight whatever. The Union is fundamentally anti-democratic and should be ended for that reason alone.

Lesley Riddoch’s entire column is based on the risibly false premise that in the 2024 Westminster election there can be a “win” in Scotland. It’s a Westminster election. There is no “win” for Scotland. The vote in Scotland is totally irrelevant. As always, the UK government will be chosen by voters in England. Scotland’s vote will have no impact whatever. Imagine this as a thought exercise to…

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[realpeterabell]

Vote for what you want, not what they offer!

Strip away the deceptive rhetoric around both the Alba and the SNP offerings and both can be seen as surreptitious Section 30 order requests. A move which would compromise the sovereignty of Scotland's people and seriously (perhaps fatally) undermine Scot

Like the SNP, Alba Party repeats ad nauseam that it is offering a ‘strategy for independence’ but fails to explain what that ‘strategy’ is beyond getting people to vote for them. Alex Salmond mentions the phrase “give democratic effect” – the SNP leadership’s euphemism for a Section 30 order. But read Alba Party’s website and you’ll find that they defer to Westminster every bit as obsequiously as…

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[realpeterabell]

Vote for what you want, not what they offer!

Strip away the deceptive rhetoric around both the Alba and the SNP offerings and both can be seen as surreptitious Section 30 order requests. A move which would compromise the sovereignty of Scotland's people and seriously (perhaps fatally) undermine Scot

Like the SNP, Alba Party repeats ad nauseam that it is offering a ‘strategy for independence’ but fails to explain what that ‘strategy’ is beyond getting people to vote for them. Alex Salmond mentions the phrase “give democratic effect” – the SNP leadership’s euphemism for a Section 30 order. But read Alba Party’s website and you’ll find that they defer to Westminster every bit as obsequiously as…

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