Written by Stephen Bailey. There’s now a generation of young UK citizens who have grown up and had their formative experiences and influences entirely since the introduction of legislative devolution in the late 1990s. They have lived their entire lives under the current constitutional arrangements and the subsequent constitutional crisis they have provoked, never knowing […]
Written by Stephen Bailey. The annual ‘Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland’ Reports (GERS) 2023-24 and 2024-25 are available for analysis and are extremely revealing for several reasons. According to the Scottish Executive’s (Holyrood) own website (see (1) or (2) in ‘the ‘Sources’ section below), GERS is described thus: ‘Q: Who produces GERS? ‘A: GERS is […]
Written by Stephen Bailey. It is a hard, objective, verifiable, empirical fact that more Scots have voted for pro-UK than pro-‘independence’ parties at EVERY Holyrood election EVER. Let’s have a look at the figures: 1999 (1): At the 1999 Holyrood election, the Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour, and Scottish Liberal Democrats, all of which were part […]
Written by Stephen Bailey. A landmark new poll by YouGov (see link to data in the ‘Sources’ section below) has determined that nearly all Scots reject separating Scotland from the rest of the United Kingdom and want to keep the UK together. It found that only one Scottish region now favours ‘independence’. as voters turn […]
Written by Stephen Bailey. What do the hard facts show about what the English really feel towards the Union? It is a gross popular misconception that most English people want to ‘get rid of the Jocks, the Taffs and the Ullish’ (the residents of Ulster (’Northern Ireland’). It, or some variant like ‘Get rid of […]
Written by Stephen Bailey. Here’s how matters stand as concerns the Constitutional Question in the UK. First, the SNP has never had a mandate to separate Scotland from the rest of the UK (’independence’), and the facts prove it. It is a commonly touted SNP assertion that all elections, Westminster or devolved, will be referenda […]
Written by Stephen Bailey. Swinney is kicking off for the umpteenth time on his monomaniacal and pathological ‘independence’ obsession. Below is a new article dissecting the many manifest faults in his plans:: STEPHEN BAILEY: THE SNP JUST WANTS TO FORCIBLY SEPARATE SCOTLAND FROM THE REST OF THE UK AND HAS NO VIABLE PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTING […]
Written by Stephen Bailey. Scottish and Welsh separatist parties, the SNP and Plaid Cymru have recently announced a new partnership to form a ‘progressive alliance’ against Westminster. The collaboration was formalized through a meeting between First Minister John Swinney and Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth in Edinburgh on October 30th 2025. The meeting at […]
Written by Stephen Bailey. It is a fact of UK Constitutional Law that no party can receive a mandate for separating one part of the UK from the rest of the country at a devolved election as the Constitution (the heading under which ‘independence’ falls) is a reserved matter and so is for the sole […]
Written by Stephen Bailey. Robert Black of Edinburgh University has asserted that Scotland was ‘absorbed’ into England by the Acts of Union of 1706-07, rather than being a partner in a union. He has said that Scotland ceased to exist as a state in international law after 1707, while England continued to exist and was […]