The ALBA Party have today called on people and civic organisations across Scotland to endorse a St Andrew’s Day Declaration to assert the right to determine our own future. The Declaration is an immediate response to last week’s Supreme Court decision which, as well as stating the Scottish Parliament did not have the power to… Continue reading St Andrew’s Day Declaration Launched to assert Scotland’s Right to Self-Determination
Month: November 2022
Food insecurity – a benefit of Brexit and the UK
A former head of MI5 has identified food supply as a ‘matter of national security’ in an article for the Financial Times. Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller was head of MI5 from 2002-7, right at the heart of government and strategic planning. Her retirement plan was to become a sheep farmer in Wales: from there she has… Continue reading Food insecurity – a benefit of Brexit and the UK
You Want It Darker – We Kill the Flame
What on earth has just happened there Scotland? Since June 2016 we have been promised an independence referendum, six and a half years, and multiple mandates later we have been waiting for that promised referendum to be delivered. And now it isn’t, the independence referendum is no more, Sturgeon and the SNP have shrugged it… Continue reading You Want It Darker – We Kill the Flame
Salmond wants pro-independence parties to unite at next election – STV interview
Former first minister Alex Salmond has urged pro-independence parties to stand single-issue candidates at the next general election. The Alba Party leader made the call after Thursday’s Supreme Court judgement that the Scottish Parliament could not organise another independence poll without the agreement of Westminster. Nicola Sturgeon responded by saying the next general election – due… Continue reading Salmond wants pro-independence parties to unite at next election – STV interview
How to put Scotland’s Future Back in Scotland’s hands
Posted by Alba Party, November 23 Alex Salmond addressing “Garioch Women for Change” Supreme Court Demonstration in Inverurie 6pm Wednesday 23rd November said: “Going to the London Supreme Court was a dead-end alley which has the potential to put back the cause of independence for decades. Going cap in hand to London was never a sensible tactic… Continue reading How to put Scotland’s Future Back in Scotland’s hands
Messages of solidarity from across Europe
In the wake of the Supreme Court judgement, here are messages of support from across Europe, gathered by The National.
Statement from Alex Salmond on the Supreme Court
UK takes £80 000 000 000 from Scotland
– and then has the cheek to say Scotland is too poor! UK Tax on North Sea Oil and Gas could have been equivalent of £5000 annual windfall for every home in Scotland. ALBA Party have said that the Chancellor’s raid on the North Sea shows that the UK Government can’t afford Scotland to become… Continue reading UK takes £80 000 000 000 from Scotland