McNeil's Wisdom

Well, that went pretty much as predicted. The SNP got back in no bother, reptilian Reform UK got plenty seats,  the Scottish Greens got a bump, Labour tanked and the Tories got slaughtered.  In Part 1 of this article we'll look a bit more at the results and the immediate impact on the cause of indepependence. In Part 2 we'll look at the longer term prospects and where the movement goes from here.  The big winners were Reform UK and the Scottish Greens. Both rode on the back of the publics antipathy towards mainstream political parties and a desire to try someone new, something different. That is not an emotion that the electorate should ever follow. That desire gave us Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump. Not that Reform UK and the Greens are quite in that league but you get the jist. Be careful what you wish for.  Reform UK also benefited from the Tory collapse and an appeal to the baser human instincts, I refer you back to Messrs. Hitler and Trump. The Scottish Greens be...

  DON'T WASTE YOUR VOTE If there is one thing that is clearer than ever, it is that Scotland needs independence more than ever. Recently at an election meeting I asked the audience to name anything that was better now than it was in 2014 after the referendum. Zilch, nada, nothing. In fact everything is worse. Cost of living, energy costs, housing, NHS waiting times, social care, local government services et al, all worse.  The United Kingdom is in terminal decline and Scotland is being dragged down with it. The painful reality is that decline will continue until Scotland is a free country complete with full political and economic powers and control over our natural resources. I've never seen and I don't know anybody else who has seen, such levels of both apathy and despair at a general election. Ironically as a candidate in the election I have never watched less political debate. I haven't watched because I know exactly what they will say and I know none of it matters. ...