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Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Friday, 29 November 2024

Scotland is not listened to

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Scotland is not listened to III ….and neither are ordinary voices across the UK  (We need voices of Reform )   I have been told by some – ‘a...
Sunday, 27 October 2024

Alex Salmond A Man for our Times

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  Alex Salmond 1954 - 2024 I met Alex Salmond once at the Edinburgh book festival and shook his hand out of respect. He seemed to thrive on ...
Monday, 30 September 2024

Remembering IndyRef 2014

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  Its now ten years since indyref 2014 – and that glorious summer – that wonderful exhilaration of hope of building a better Scotland! One w...
Sunday, 30 April 2023

Tom Nairn why Scotland missed the European national revival 1800s

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    Tom Nairn why Scotland missed the European national revival 1800s   Scotland’s greatest political theorist of the modern times.  Tom Nai...

Scottish Nationalism for a Progressive modern state

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It’s a strange thing, I’ve been reading Tom Nairn ‘s excellent book the Break up of Britain (1977) and he makes many profound insights into ...
Saturday, 31 December 2022

Dependency Supporters

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Choice between Scotland’s independent sovereignty and the politics of DEPENDENCY   Language really matters. I agree with the Wee Ginger Dog ...
Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Worlds Oldest Parliaments for democracy

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1. Iceland - 930 2.  Spain – 1188 3.  Netherlands & Belgium – 1581 4.  England – 1688   **A democracy is a political system or a system ...
Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Scotland must move forward with new ideas

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  Scotland must move forward with new ideas from the tired, old arguments of the social left vs extreme right capitalism, all controlled fro...
Thursday, 31 March 2022

Reasons for Scotland’s Independence

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Many write lengthy reasons for why they want to see Scotland’s independence, as I have too - and there are many reasons certainly. Many peop...