#EndTheUnion

[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…

[peterabell]

The only win

The only possible 'win' for Scotland's cause in the 2024 Westminster election would come from a mass campaign of ballot-spoiling.

As things stand – there being no party offering credible proposals for restoring Scotland’s independence, I intend to spoil my 2024 Westminster election ballot by writing across it in heavy black ink the legend #EndTheUnion. This is my personal choice. For spoiling ballots to be effective as a campaign tactic, large numbers of independence supporters would have to spoil their ballots in precisely…

[ravennightbirt]

I can not speak for the Welsh as I am not one of them…but there is this lovely person over on tiktok who makes her opinions pretty clear sooo:

Honestly check her out she’s amazing in explaining Welsh culture and just how powerful the country is!

“oh we can’t hold the Queen accountable for the actions of her ancestors!!!” 

her ancestors? you mean her dad? 

y’all realize she was crowned in 1953 right? Nearly 70 years of imperialism with her face stamped on it. She’s the longest-lived, and longest reigning British monarch. 

Y’all look at her and see a kindly withered old gramma with memeability, but completely ignore the amount of damage that she and her family have done to so many countries. 

“oh well, what did you want her to do, just walk away from it?”

yes. 

Yes, I do expect people to look at the harm that systems they uphold do to the world at large and then actively refuse to continue their participation in them. I do not believe that is too much to ask of anyone, let alone one of the most powerful women in the entire fucking world. 

Sorry that I’m not particularly impressed with her #girlboss legacy when the Indigenous Peoples of Canada and Australia are still feeling the monarchy’s effects on their homes and families. 

70 years and she never once thought, “Hm, maybe imperialism is a bad idea?” 

I hope the old woman kicks the bucket, and I hope that her family continues to disintegrate until the entire thing comes crumbling down. May independence finally come to the people England has been crushing under its boots for centuries. 

[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…

[realpeterabell]

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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…