LIBERATION SCOTLAND

LIBERATION SCOTLAND THE ELECTIONS….WHERE WE ARE. I know people have been asking about these elections so I am writing a quick update to explain where we are in the process. Nominations for the Committee closed on the 22nd April. Since then an Independent panel have been examining the detailed questionnaire answered by each candidate and

THIS WILL NOT BE GRAEME’S FIRST RUN IN WITH HQ AND THE NEC.

I have just got the news that Graeme has pulled out of contesting the election. I will leave him to explain what he was offered by John Swinney to do so. . I was going to publish this article shortly after he lodged his nomination. Still publishing it, just a bit earlier now! What follows

THE HATE CRIME SLEIGHT OF HAND

THE HATE CRIME SLIEGHT OF HAND By Sally Hughes Independent for Independence Candidate GE 2024 Perth and Kinross-shire My name is Sally, and for 25 years, ending in 2020, I was a beat cop, in Tayside area.  I always promised not to be one of those retired cops, who started every sentence with, ‘when I was

Sally’s Letter to the Chief Constable

Sally visited the Police Station as planned and awaits a formal reply to her word and phrase examples. In the meantime she is not just hanging about. This is the letter retired police officer Sally Hughes has sent to the Chief Constable. It contains many good questions and I hope to publish a reply when

SALVO FREEPORT CAMPAIGN.

Alex Thorburn of the Salvo FREEPORT Campaign responds to Brian Lawson’s letter which featured on my blog yesterday. Thank you Brian. At last, people are beginning to wake up to the massive tax avoidance schemes being foisted on Scotland by Westminster – in partnership with the Scottish government (I’ll call them a “government”. for this”.

ANOTHER LETTER FROM BRIAN

This letter was recently published in the National and comes from Former RENFREWSHIRE SNP GROUP LEADER BRIAN LAWSON The annual Council Tax bill has just arrived. I have mixed feelings over its contents. The council tax freeze will save me some money but at what cost to local public services?  I am still trying to

LETTER OF THE WEEK

From Brian Lawson, former Leader of Renfrewshire Council Police believe the number of suspected drug deaths in Scotland increased by 10% in 2023. According to figures published as part of Police Scotland’s quarterly report, there were 1197 suspected drug deaths between January and December 2023. This was 10% more than that the same period of

WHAT NOW FOR SCOTTISH JURIES?

WHAT NOW FOR SCOTTISH JURIES? JUSTICE OR INJUSTICE: ONE WOMAN’S UTTER DISILLUSIONMENT by Lorncal TWO television programmes these past weeks, and recent events, have brought me to a place I never thought I would find myself, albeit I knew, based on my reading of American jury studies years ago, that flaws in the system were

SALVO ACTS ON FREEPORTS

February 2024 To whom it may concern, This letter represents formal notice that the proposed Green Freeports and Special Economic Zones, (including the Inverness & Cromarty Firth Greenport and the Forth Greenport), depend on the negotiation of assets, rights and revenues which, in our opinion, are not lawfully within the territorial jurisdiction of the UK state or its executive bodies.Scotland entered a political and economic not a territorial union. It remains in law a sovereign

The Scottish Anti-SLAPP Summit

A guest article and update from our Legal Eagle Ewan Kennedy. Ewan lives in Argyll and is a regular correspondent on Yours for Scotland. The Scottish Anti-SLAPP Summit I’m just back from one of the most exciting and at times emotional events I’ve been to for years, which took place on Monday in Glasgow University’s