Ruth Davidson & her blatant indyref u-turn
Old clips show Davidson thought there was a mandate for indyref2 and that it shouldn’t be blocked. She seems to have changed her mind!
Recommended / Scotland out of the EU
by R J Hainey · Published March 16, 2017 · Last modified June 22, 2017
Old clips show Davidson thought there was a mandate for indyref2 and that it shouldn’t be blocked. She seems to have changed her mind!
Independence after Brexit / Recommended
by R J Hainey · Published March 3, 2017 · Last modified June 22, 2017
I thought Theresa May’s Scottish Conservative party conference speech might have been conciliatory. Instead she just prepped us for a Scottish Power Grab
Recommended / Scottish Politics
by R J Hainey · Published February 27, 2017 · Last modified June 22, 2017
It is a commonly held view, that we are scrounging Scots. However, a look at the figures for the last 37 years doesn’t back this up
Recommended / Scotland out of the EU
by R J Hainey · Published February 20, 2017 · Last modified June 22, 2017
Recently on some big pro independence platforms people have promoted unilaterally declaring independence. Please tell me you too think this is bonkers?
Recommended / Scotland out of the EU
by R J Hainey · Published February 18, 2017 · Last modified June 22, 2017
Despite the continued effort of many Unionists to paint Scottish nationalism as Blood and Soil. The movement is clearly not based on ethnicity
Recommended / Scotland out of the EU
by R J Hainey · Published February 12, 2017 · Last modified August 17, 2017
There has been a lot of talk about sovereignty. Brexit highlights how Scotland lacks it. To resolve this we need to decide if we are a region or a country.
The UK post-brexit strategy seems to involve saying one thing to Ireland and then turning around and saying the exact opposite to Scotland.
Debunking / Recommended / Scotland out of the EU
by R J Hainey · Published January 31, 2017 · Last modified June 22, 2017
Let’s get this straight, there is no queue to join the EU. There is also no good reason that Scotland should not be able to join the EU swiftly
The story should be that Scotland’s over all trade is growing but the way the BBC have reported the figures reads a Better Together press release
Recommended / Scotland out of the EU
by R J Hainey · Published January 24, 2017 · Last modified June 22, 2017
Today the question we posed in a previous blog has been answered with a big fat NO. The Supreme Court confirms that unionist politicians have misled us.
Independence after Brexit / Recommended
by R J Hainey · Published January 21, 2017 · Last modified June 22, 2017
A nation only works if the people buy into the story that the country tells itself. We will win indyref2 because the UK story has now been exposed as a lie.
Independence after Brexit / Recommended
by R J Hainey · Published January 15, 2017 · Last modified June 22, 2017
The deception of 2014 could not be in any more in focus at this time. May’s hard Brexit shows Scotland is a passenger not a partner in the UK
Debunking / Editor's Choice / Global Issues / Recommended
by R J Hainey · Published December 4, 2016 · Last modified June 22, 2017
It’s not the fake news we have to worry about. That is obviously rubbish. The sleekit stuff published in the mainstream is far more dangerous
Recommended / Towards Indyref2
by R J Hainey · Published November 30, 2016 · Last modified February 12, 2017
The fate of union depends on Scotland having an ageing population, yet the old will be the first to suffer due to service cuts resulting from current policy
Debunking / Recommended / Scotland out of the EU
by R J Hainey · Published November 25, 2016 · Last modified June 22, 2017
It should come as some comfort to independence supporters, that the most common argument against independence is a unionist deception.
Recommended / Scotland out of the EU
by R J Hainey · Published November 9, 2016 · Last modified February 12, 2017
Sturgeon’s Article 50 legal intervention is good politics. That said, it serves as a warning as to how winning an indyref doesn’t guarantee independence