Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign support by the Scottish Socialist Party had nothing to do with Scottish Independence, but with a programme of ideological Marxist globalism. Fiercely lobbying the ‘Yes’ vote behind the scenes were Marxist globalists and their own unrelated selfish agenda. So why did the No vote win? It was
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“The whole day felt diseased. Stillborn, malformed, a thing of smirr and haar, hard words and soured dreams. Dawn on Friday broke grey and uncertain; a false dawn for those who nurtured hopes of a new nation. Alex Salmond, in Edinburgh, had just acknowledged defeat in front of a few
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Scotland is a country, and like any other country it deserves to get the government it votes for. As part of the UK, that happens well under half of the time. Scots can’t and don’t affect the outcome of UK elections, so the rest of the UK doesn’t need Scottish
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Vote YES to save the Scottish Parliament! With nine months to go before the Scottish Independence Referendum, London’s Palace of Westminster in November 2013 took back powers from the Scottish Parliament, says Shirley-Anne Somerville, National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament. In November 2013, something of great political significance
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Distinctly Ulster: Ulster in the north is the fourth province on the island of Ireland. Its name derives from the Irish language Cúige Uladh, meaning “fifth of the Ulaidh”, named for the ancient inhabitants of the region. Anthropological evidence shows that the region was settled by Celts during the
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The Highland Clearances were a callous and criminal chapter in Scottish history. They were the immoral means of selfish Scottish chiefs and lairds who as early capitalists preferred the Great Cheviot Sheep (“finely shaped, with countenance mild and pleasant”) to their own clansmen who had once been their warrior rent-roll.
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