Scotland didn't vote for Brexit, Boris, or Liz Truss, but was forced to bear the disastrous consequences of all three Westminster catastrophes.
Scotland: it's bordering on insanity.
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Without the SNP in WM the UK govt would face no accountability for it’s complicity.
Both main WM parties are content with sitting on their hands and dodging the issue.
The PM hasn’t even got the guts to call a war crime a war crime.
Grim state of affairs
"Shooting an unarmed man under a white flag is a war crime"
SNP's Stephen Flynn challenges Rishi Sunak on calls for a ceasefire
PM says he will continue to press allies to reach an humanitarian pause to get more aid into Gaza
#PMQs
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Even if every single Scottish MP/MSP were pro-independence, there would still be no legal route to a referendum.
This is a massive democratic red flag demonstrating the UK's systematic contempt for Scotland's voice🚩🚨
#YouYesYet
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
Scottish Labour MP’s once again obeying the orders of their Westminster superiors and voting against Scotland’s interests.
@mgshanks
and
@IanMurrayMP
don’t think that Scottish voters should decide Scotlands future…. they’ll not enjoy having to explain that to constituents 😬
@CllrDownie
@UKLabour
@ScottishLabour
Please correct me if I’m wrong councillor, but are you not currently in a council coalition with the Tories? Do you seriously want to start making accusations of alliances with the Tories?
🔵 Boris Johnson attempted to shut down parliament to force through Brexit.
🔴 Keir Starmer pressured the Speaker into changing parliamentary rules to avoid a party rebellion.
Keir 🤝 Boris: disrespecting democracy by manipulating parliamentary procedure for political purposes.
Tomorrow we will release a paper titled “The Constitutional Straitjacket”
This is a comprehensive legal analysis of democracy in Scotland, with extensive reference to constitutional principles and UK law to demonstrate the dysfunctional nature of the union.
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It is clear that
@CllrDownie
@AnasSarwar
and
@ScottishLabour
think that by ignoring this point it will go away.
Let’s keep showing them that they’re wrong. This deceit and silence falls far below the standards we should expect.
Thanks to everyone that has shared so far
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
We would appreciate any shares of this post - let’s show political candidates that misleading voters and then ignoring reasonable questions won’t wash.
Simply not good enough.
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
15 thousand people have viewed this post and apparently not one is
@CllrDownie
!
Please can everyone tag him in the replies to the tweet to bring it to his attention - I’m sure he wouldn’t ignore a reasonable question from a young constituent!
Time will tell ⏰
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
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The silence of
@Cllrdownie
is deafening, but in fairness, he is unlikely to be the architect of the
#misleadingmessaging
Clarification from
@AnasSarwar
or
@ScottishLabour
campaign HQ on the Cllr’s behalf would be equally helpful.
Anything would be better than radio silence 🤷🏼♂️
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
🇬🇧: You can’t become independent because the deficit is so bad
🏴: why is the deficit so bad?
🇬🇧: ……………………
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All we hear is 👏🏼👏🏼 Radio Silence 👏🏼👏🏼
18 days and 31 thousand views later we are still eagerly awaiting a response from
@CllrDownie
At this point we won’t hold our breath though 🔇🤐
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
When Westminster's denial of Scottish democracy is highlighted, unionist politicians commonly revert to a scripted diversion; stating that they ‘respect the ruling of the Supreme Court’ on the matter 🤔
Find out why this rebuttal holds no substance ❌👇
20 thousand views and still disrespectful radio silence from
@CllrDownie
All we want is an answer to a reasonable question, is that too much to expect?
Maybe
@dunfermlinep
could help us - after all, it is Dunfermline constituents who are being (allegedly) misled!
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
Brexit has caused the pound to plummet, forced businesses to go bust, and pushed our NHS to breaking point.
It is an unequivocal disaster which Scotland didn't vote for.
Incompetence must have a consequence - say no to future Westminster mismanagement
#YouYesYet
#GE2024
The gulf between Scottish and UK Labour exposed again;
Scottish labour conference condemned Israel’s collective punishment and called for an immediate ceasefire, but UK labour won’t.
Scottish Labour MPs will now have to bow down and do as they’re told by their WM superiors.
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
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The clear cut questions here are:
1. Do the statistics show that the majority of Scotland wanted something different to the other countries within the UK?
: Yes
2. Do they show that the votes from the other countries within UK overruled those from within Scotland?
: Yes
For those still insisting that Scotland is not a country, here are two extracts from the UK’s website.
Scotland is a country forming part of the UK.
London is a region of a country within the UK.
It’s not that difficult.
After receiving general election campaigning materials from
@ScottishLabour
on which devolved ‘policing priorities’ were stated, we analysed the democratic implications of misleading messaging in the context of the Scottish ‘blurred lines’ strategy 👇🏽
“Scottish Labour submit to positions which negatively impact Scotland because they are bound to follow their party which now perpetually appeases centre right English voters in a bid to become ‘electable’.”
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By scrutinising political events and constitutional framework, we aim to promote the cause of Scottish independence.
“Throwing toys out of pram”: outraged at potential blackmail of the speaker of the house.
Labour amendment turns a blind eye to the clear collective punishment of Palestinians. A cowardly omission designed to promote electoral interests.
Spin that
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Unless we gain independence from this dysfunctional Westminster system, the Tories will be back.
Don't be short sighted.
#ScottishIndependence2024
Deconstructing the democratically deficient ‘once in a generation’ argument against holding a second referendum on Scottish independence.
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We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
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Sunak’s response: “we did have a democratic vote on that topic” closely resembles the ‘once in a generation argument’ 🤦🏼♂️
Read why it holds no weight whatsoever, and provides no justification for the denial of Scottish democracy 👉🏽
Stephen Flynn, the SNP's Westminster leader asks about former prime minister Gordon Brown's claim that the "forces pulling Britain apart are greater than the forces bringing them together".
Does Rishi Sunak agree? ➡️
#PMQs
🔗
📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
"
@jackiebmsp
is perfectly entitled to contest whether the Scottish parliament should authorise a referendum, but that is not what we are asking. We are asking whether, as the democratically elected representatives of Scotland, they should be able to..."
The Constitutional Straitjacket is LIVE!
You can now read our legal analysis of democracy in Scotland which references constitutional principles and UK law to demonstrate the dysfunctional nature of the Union.
Please share & reply with your thoughts!
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
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We highlight the frustrating positions which Scottish Labour MPs are taking on key issues which contradict Scotlands values.
If you like our message, please share it to reach a wider audience.
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Proudly admitting that Labour are up for the challenge of getting rid of the Tories and an SNP government in Scotland, to help better lives for people up and down the country.
The latter two are more than happy to keep these dire times as they are.
Fixed it for you 👍
@CllrDownie
@UKLabour
@ScottishLabour
Quite extraordinary that you don’t transfer your understanding of devolution to campaign materials.
UK Lab will maintain austerity cuts therefore Scotgov NHS budget won’t increase. NHS: devolved. Why are you making pledges that you know you can’t keep?
We have attempted to contact the
@LabourWestFife
WM candidate
@CllrDownie
on several occasions to raise a legitimate question re misleading campaign materials.
3 DM’s and 1 Email - all patched.
See the points we raised and make up your own mind 👇🏽
ps - article is to come
@Douglas4Moray
this sounds awfully similar to the pitch that your party made in 2019 before the SNP won 81% of Scottish seats and placed ahead of
@ScotTories
in 90% of Scottish seats.
Are you concerned that the same message will be met by the same emphatic rejection?
This year, voters will have an opportunity to beat the SNP and stop their divisive plan to break up our country.
In seats across Scotland it’s the
@ScotTories
who can defeat the SNP and ensure the focus is on your real priorities, like rebuilding our NHS and growing the economy.
“The UK’s electoral system therefore ensures that (without exception) anti-independence supermajorities are always elected in Westminster, and that anti-independence governments are always formed in Downing Street.”
The Constitutional Straitjacket 👉🏽
With all the spin being put out tonight, you may want to spin the second edition of our ‘Westminster Wheel’
Q: Will Westminster’s main parties recognise and condemn the collective punishment of Palestinians by the Israeli authorities?
🔴:
@UKLabour
🔵:
@Conservatives
What a wild take on this situation - has anybody told her that labour representatives are alleged to have blackmailed the speaker of the house?? A colossal affront to democracy if true.
The fact that they would even attempt to spin this…
SNP voters who go on about Labour working with Tories in Scotland haven’t got a leg to stand on as this version of the SNP is happy to collude in culture war shit with the worst Tory govt. of all time. It’s not like the Sturgey and Blackford days. Shits getting grim.
Israeli forces are collectively punishing the Palestinian people and it is nothing short of disgraceful and cowardly to turn a blind eye or pretend otherwise for political/electoral purposes.
@UKLabour
should be ashamed
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@forscotpolitics
@Peter_Hopton
You calling Scotland a country doesn't change a thing. London and Scotland are both just parts of the UK. Neither held a referendum on the EU.
How incredibly disingenuous - if Labour win in Scotland then they will spin it as a rejection of Independence and parade with a fictional ‘death of the Indy movement’.
Any Labour votes from Indy supporters will be counted as anti-Indy votes.
Don’t be short sighted.
In a day of unfavourable polls, independence supporters can take some solace in this. A very strong position for yes, and it is encouraging to be reminded that support for independence has remained solid through some very challenging circumstances.
'Yes' leads by 2%.
First lead for 'Yes' since November 2022.
Scotland Independence Referendum Voting Intention (6-7 April):
Yes 44% (+1)
No 42% (-4)
Don't Know 14% (+3)
Changes +/- 10-11 March
"In a democratic, equal, and voluntary union, the legitimacy of successive electoral mandates in one country would not be circumvented by concentrated and discretionary authority vested in an executive leader which that country cannot replace."
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“The national debt burdening the UK is a direct result of Westminster led economic mismanagement. Excessive natural wealth has been squandered and public services have been starved…….”
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Reaction to this story has highlighted quite incredible hypocrisy from a Conservative party which has engaged in some of the most demonstrably corrupt practices in the UK's political history.
The equivalent of throwing boulders in glass houses.
@InnesMcgarry
Honestly might be one of the worst takes/spins ever. Labour have had how many opportunities through opposition debate days to bring a motion - they didn’t bother. Labours amendment dilutes the SNPs. SNP wanted a vote on their stronger motion that calls out collective punishment.
'Buried Alive' is a damning review of 'the quiet death of Scottish nationalism' by
@GrahamGGrant
for
@DailyMailUK
Extract: "If independence is defeated through denial of democracy, then it has not suffered a ‘quiet death’, but a murder"
Very interesting development. Reform will likely lose their deposits in every single constituency while splitting the Tory vote quite considerably.
Is this a good thing or would you rather see Reform stay away from Scotland entirely?
@AnasSarwar
You want to send MPs to vote as directed by their superiors who make the big decisions without considering Scotlands interests. No?
Read more 👇🏽
Scotland (the country) collectively voted for remain (62%). Scotland was overruled by the rUK like in the GE of 2017, 2019 etc.
Scotland voted as part of the UK yes, but the differing results within the individual countries constituting the UK are relevant/comparable.
‘We respect the decision of the Supreme Court and look forward to moving on’ 🤦🏼♂️
Read why this argument holds no substance when used to justify the Uk Govt withholding consent to a second referendum 👇🏽
In this article we concisely analyse
@jackiebmsp
's answer to our question regarding referendum authorisation.
We cover Dame Baillie's welcome endorsement of Scottish sovereignty while disputing the relevance of various points made.
Q: via
@untribalpol
If the cameras are cut off and the gallery emptied of journalists as it seems it may well be, I am assuming that Hansard will still be there to prepare a public record of every word spoken? Can anyone confirm this?
With all the spin being put out tonight, you may want to spin the second edition of our ‘Westminster Wheel’
Q: Will Westminster’s main parties recognise and condemn the collective punishment of Palestinians by the Israeli authorities?
🔴:
@UKLabour
🔵:
@Conservatives