I have offered a link to my earlier post on Scottish Freedom, Self Determination or Independence however you like to term it, at the end of this blog. Scotland’s independence has nothing to do with Brexit. However, Brexit has reinforced the argument and indeed creates the absolute necessity for Scotland to abandon the sinking ship called England. When we succeed,…
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The Road to Independence
Scotland is a Quasi Sovereign country. The political power we have is devolved from a higher authority; that is Westminster. Tony Benn stated in the House, that power devolved is power retained. In contrast, ‘politics is a set of activities associated with the governance of a country. However, the limitation of devolved power constrains our politics to basically what we are allowed…
Hate Crime the complete definition – missing!
One of the hardest things on Social Media is to gain traction and get a message to spread even moderately viral. In recent blogs I have tried to draw the distinction between Hate Crime and antisemitism. If only I could attached a message to the common cold? Up and down the country, in every nook and crannie of political life…
BDS the Pros and Cons
Boycott, Divest, Sanction BDS on behalf of Palestine troubles me. I know this is a worldwide effort and many claims of success have been extolled. Israel and its allies have made numerous attempts to block BDS, discredit any such activity and even outlaw its adoption. Boycotting is nothing new and clearly it can be very effective. There can be absolutely…