SovereignScot
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Believer in the democratic right to self determination, the legal Sovereignty of the People of Scotland guaranteed by Treaty of Union & reject totally Westminster's colonial control.
Telling Scotland's Story Since 2013
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Telling Scotland’s Story Since 2013 Independence Live 2025 Crowdfunder For those who do not know, we formed in 2013 to provide a platform for the Scottish independence movement to get their voices hea...
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As BBC Scotland report lack of housing for the young on the islands, what the SNP Government is doing:
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News you won’t hear – SNP legislation slashes second home ownership and empty properties in just one year
Professor John Robertson OBA From Minister for Housing correspondence and empty homes statistics: FOI release published today, we can see that in 2024, there were 65 144 empty second homes, down 7 …
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April 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
As BBC Scotland report lack of housing for the young on the islands, what the SNP Government is doing:
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"there is no route to independence through the legal and constitutional framework developed over decades under the influence of the British state's imperative to preserve the Union."
"ScottishUDI is the only way forward for Scotland's cause."
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"ScottishUDI is the only way forward for Scotland's cause."
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Tommy the first?
Tommy Sheppard is correct to say that a major factor in the subduing of the independence movement relative to the high point of the 2014 referendum campaign is "that a substantial chunk of people who ...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"there is no route to independence through the legal and constitutional framework developed over decades under the influence of the British state's imperative to preserve the Union."
"ScottishUDI is the only way forward for Scotland's cause."
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"ScottishUDI is the only way forward for Scotland's cause."
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A Section 30 referendum cannot be other than consultative and non-self-executing.
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Why the Section 30 process must be repudiated
One of the questions I am most commonly asked is why the first item on the Manifesto for Independence is repudiation of the Section 30 process - the process used to authorise the 2014 referendum.
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April 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A Section 30 referendum cannot be other than consultative and non-self-executing.
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NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop employers covering up abuse
Hey! Do you remember the Harvey Weinstein case? Non Disclosure Agreements silenced victims of abuse - and it's not just happening in Hollywood. They're used in the UK to cover up all kinds of miscondu...
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April 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Do we need more QE? Mo. Do we need the government to admit that QE was simply it borrowing from the Bank of England, and that it will need to do more of that to get us through the crisis heading our way? Yes, most definitely we do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
Do we need more quantitative easing?
Over the last day or so, I have seen or heard discussion on whether the government might revive quantitative easing as a way of easing the pressure on the UK economy in response to the crisis that Tru...
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April 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Do we need more QE? Mo. Do we need the government to admit that QE was simply it borrowing from the Bank of England, and that it will need to do more of that to get us through the crisis heading our way? Yes, most definitely we do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
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A not-to-be-missed Independence Live TNT Show from last Wednesday, with host John Drummond in conversation with Prof Alf Baird, discussing amongst other things the Salvo/Liberation Scotland project to decolonize Scotland via the mevchanisms of the United Nations.
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TNT Show. Ep197. With Professor Alf Baird discussing Salvo.
Alf Baird is an author and academic. One of the things we will be discussing is the latest development with the project by Salvo/Liberation Scotland. See Press Release "UN Decolonization process" https://liberation.scot/
In 2020, Alf published a research-based academic textbook on the subject of Sc
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April 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A not-to-be-missed Independence Live TNT Show from last Wednesday, with host John Drummond in conversation with Prof Alf Baird, discussing amongst other things the Salvo/Liberation Scotland project to decolonize Scotland via the mevchanisms of the United Nations.
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The trawler St Benedict, built at Ferguson's Port Glasgow, still in service 50 years on.
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‘She’s still a star’: Ex-Hull trawler still fishing 50 years after city dock closed — The Hull Story
A former Hull trawler is still fishing half a century after being among the last to leave St Andrew’s Dock before it closed to shipping. The 50th anniversary of the closure of what was once home to t...
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April 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The trawler St Benedict, built at Ferguson's Port Glasgow, still in service 50 years on.
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Why didn't Irish people eat fish during the great famine? This video explains. Watch - then consider how Scotland's industry has been run down over the decades, most recently the proposal to remove oil refining, and consider the common factor.
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Why didn't Irish people eat fish during the Great Famine?
YouTube video by Irish History Podcast
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March 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Why didn't Irish people eat fish during the great famine? This video explains. Watch - then consider how Scotland's industry has been run down over the decades, most recently the proposal to remove oil refining, and consider the common factor.
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Extract from ruling by International Court of Justice - as you read it think "Scotland".
"So long as they continue to be a non-self-governing people, those resources will continue to belong to them by incontrovertible principles of the law of nations."
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"So long as they continue to be a non-self-governing people, those resources will continue to belong to them by incontrovertible principles of the law of nations."
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March 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Extract from ruling by International Court of Justice - as you read it think "Scotland".
"So long as they continue to be a non-self-governing people, those resources will continue to belong to them by incontrovertible principles of the law of nations."
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"So long as they continue to be a non-self-governing people, those resources will continue to belong to them by incontrovertible principles of the law of nations."
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Reddit forum bans all nationalism except British Nationalism.
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Scottish independence support banned on popular online forum
A POPULAR online forum has banned expressing support for Scottish independence.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Reddit forum bans all nationalism except British Nationalism.
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Future Islay
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Bonus Video - Future Islay
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March 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Future Islay
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Elaine C Smith calls for a non-political, Scottish honours system.
March 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Elaine C Smith calls for a non-political, Scottish honours system.
Item on Mellow Magic read out an article containing a list of Scottish food items which would soon disappear. One was Tablet. Another was Stovies. The article was clearly rubbish. Here's my 100 year old mother-in-law eating scrmptious Stovies today at Garrion Bridge.
March 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Item on Mellow Magic read out an article containing a list of Scottish food items which would soon disappear. One was Tablet. Another was Stovies. The article was clearly rubbish. Here's my 100 year old mother-in-law eating scrmptious Stovies today at Garrion Bridge.
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"The payment of NICs entitles payers who have met certain conditions to receive contributory benefits. The biggest of these benefits is the State Pension."
So, according to Westminster's House of Commons Library the State Pension IS an entitlement.
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So, according to Westminster's House of Commons Library the State Pension IS an entitlement.
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National Insurance contributions: an introduction
This note gives an introduction to National Insurance system, and the debate there has been about integrating National Insurance contributions (NICs) with income tax.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"The payment of NICs entitles payers who have met certain conditions to receive contributory benefits. The biggest of these benefits is the State Pension."
So, according to Westminster's House of Commons Library the State Pension IS an entitlement.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
So, according to Westminster's House of Commons Library the State Pension IS an entitlement.
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Is KennyMacAskill the one?
But what's he going to do to achieve ScottishIndependence ?
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But what's he going to do to achieve ScottishIndependence ?
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Is Kenny the one?
The Union was imposed as a fig-leaf for a brutal military occupation and aggressive annexation of Scotland. This was England’s final solution to the problem of Scotland, which had historicall…
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March 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Is KennyMacAskill the one?
But what's he going to do to achieve ScottishIndependence ?
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But what's he going to do to achieve ScottishIndependence ?
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Uganda is decolonising it's historical and cultural landscape. Time for Scotland to do the same?
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Uganda is right to decolonise its historical and cultural landscape | Letter
Letter: By renaming streets and removing monuments in Kampala, it is shifting from imposed colonial commemorations to its own heritage, says Dina Ahmed
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March 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Uganda is decolonising it's historical and cultural landscape. Time for Scotland to do the same?
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