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Letters to the press, 09/6/22: “The much-vaunted alcohol pricing initiative of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, like so many other of their key projects, has been declared a failure. Those with severe dependency problems were apparently cutting back on food and nutrition in order to pay for their drink. It gives me no pleasure to say that many forecast this was exactly what would happen.”
/in Gerald Edwards, Letters, Scottish Government, Victor Clements /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 07/6/22: “lf, as seems certain, there is no referendum next year, what will the SNP do with the £20 million of our taxes they have set aside for it? They could, I suppose, build another couple of pretend embassies, say in Outer Mongolia or the Sahara desert. Or fund some more jaunts overseas for their leading figures to grandstand.”
/in Allan Sutherland, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 01/6/22: “Ian Blackford is in Cuba for a holiday. However, if he wanted to see a nation with crumbling infrastructure and an inflated public sector ruled by a single party with disastrously socialistic policies led by a long-serving leader who has mismanaged the economy, he could have stayed in Scotland.”
/in David Bone, Dennis Grattan, Ian Blackford, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 24/05/22: “We’re missing the point on Nicola Sturgeon’s retraction from her “Closing the attainment gap” aim. She has realised that being poorly educated and thoughtless is a major attribute to fortifying the numbers of her followers. So perhaps her next promise will be to close all private schools, so increasing the chances to achieve a zero attainment gap at a mediocre level, providing more fodder for the Indyref2 machine”
/in Indyref 2, Letters, Richard Allison, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_adminWhat Scotland can learn from Irish independence: it won’t control interest rates and inequality will widen – The Conversation
/in Economic Matters, Nicola Sturgeon, Pensions, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, United Kingdom /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 20/05/22: When former principal teacher of social subjects Jenny Gilruth became transport minister in January she said it was an opportunity to “help Scotland become a world leader in achieving our goal to become net-zero by 2045″. I’m not sure if she was meaning carbon emissions or ScotRail journeys.”
/in Allan Sutherland, Daily Record, Dennis Grattan, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman, William Ballantine /by sm_adminThe Case for Scottish Independence Is Weaker Than Ever – The National Interest
/in Defence Matters, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics Matters, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, United Kingdom /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 17/05/22: “The Scottish Government urgently needs to change its direction. The fact is that the political parties supporting the Union received far more votes than the independence supporting ones in the recent election. This was true also in 2014, with a huge turnout and in reality, this has not changed ever since”
/in Daily Record, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Jane Lax, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Local elections 2022, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_adminScottish government ordered to publish indyref2 legal advice – BBC news
/in BBC, Indyref 2, Politics Matters, Scottish Independence /by sm_adminScotland Matters is registered with the UK Electoral Commission as a non-party campaigner. Our objective and activities are to:
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Highlight the issues of separation.
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