Secrecy and Green Freeports PREPARE TO BE SHOCKED

by Alex Thorburn of the Salvo Freeports Group.

Secrecy and Green Freeports

The Westminster / Holyrood partnership to introduce “Green Freeports” to Scotland is a complete betrayal of the people of Scotland.

The Conservative and Unionist Party last won a majority of Scottish MPs in the General Election held on 26 May 1955 and in the following 69 years their representation dwindled until they only held one seat in Scotland after the General Election held in 2015.

However, despite their continual rejection by the people of Scotland, the previous SNP/Green coalition government at Holyrood is now in partnership with the Conservative-led Westminster government to create what they term “Green Freeports” inScotland.

The belated campaign against these Conservative Party creations was slow to start and it was not political opponents that were first to campaign – that was left to Salvo’s Freeports Team.

Salvo is not, and never will become, a political party, although it has members from all independence-seeking parties and from many people with no political party affiliation. Salvo’s interest is to protect our abundant natural resources and our people from the additional plunder about to take place and that has been ongoing for over 3 centuries.

Salvo Freeports Team has held 6 events within the 2 designated “Green Freeport” areas before the political parties considered action.

So, where were the opposition parties that sat back and did nothing on this as far as campaigning against these “Green Freeports” were concerned?

As these Conservative Party creations are intended as tax havens and to exploit Scotland’s abundant natural resources and our people, it was not a surprise that the unionist Labour Party, and Liberal Democrats did nothing.  However, it was surprising to find the Alba Party largely missing in action.The only party actively campaigning against the freeports has been the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP) and they have been solidly behind the campaign from the beginning. 

It was only at the last event held in Inverness on 23^rd March where we invited a Trade Unionist to speak that he raised the numerous negative impacts for Scottish workers with his Trade Union and that eventually reached the SNP members.  That led to the article in The National titled “Humza Yousaf defends green freeports after SNP members’ concerns”.

So, why is it only now that the SNP members have “concerns”?  After all, the Salvo Freeports Team held its first event at Inverness in September last year!

The deafening silence is due entirely to the huge amount of secrecy that has been placed around these Conservative Party creations being introduced to Scotland.  Everyone knows that the Scottish government as politicians, had they been proud of their actions regarding the freeports, would have exploited every media connection they had. We would be sick hearing about them!  Instead, 95% of Scotland’s people have never even heard of them until now, and the other 5% don’t know the full negative impacts that come with them.

When people do hear the truth about these “Green Freeports” that are neither “green”, nor are they “free”, and they are definitely not “ports” as they take over large areas of our country, they are absolutely shocked and wonder why they have not heard about these until now.

Belatedly, we have Humza Yousaf defending the indefensible.  When we expected the Scottish National Party to stand up for the people of Scotland against the foreign import of Conservative Party ideology, they instead went into partnership with them! Now that their members of the SNP are aware of, and learning about, what has been done in their name perhaps we may see some differences in approach to this huge change in the party’s position of now adopting right-wing policies.

Now that the work of the Salvo Freeports Team is finally bearing fruit and the National has helped shine the light of truth into the darkness of secrecy, we can expect much more to be heard in opposition to these “Green Freeports”.

MY COMMENTS

I think the Salvo Freeport’s team are doing a very good job in raising awareness about this issue. All Indy supporting politicians should be all over this. That they are not perhaps highlights how they have lost trust and increasingly people are asking “whose side are they on?” The map at the top of this article shows just how much of Scotland is being affected with these different types of favourable policies, for corporations, enterprise and Freeports development.not for the Scottish people.
Being constructive here is my alternative. Become Independent then use Scotland’s vast energy surplus to provide cheap energy to businesses creating substantial numbers of well paid jobs. Fortunately manufacturing industry often combines the need for a lot of energy alongside major job employment. Tax them on their profits and use the money to build up our infrastructure rather than that of the South of England. This is not difficult to achieve with a bit of commitment to winning our freedom in the first place. Real beneficial new Scottish ports not giveaway freeports bringing no tax revenues to Scotland.

I am, as always,

Yours for Scotland

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