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Peter A Bell - #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI Profile picture
@Peter__A__Bell
Jul 25, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Remember the four elements of the independence movement. The SNP is the lever by which Scotland will be extricated from the Union.
The fulcrum on which the lever if the SNP turns is the First Minister and the Scottish Government.
The Scottish Parliament is the solid base on which the fulcrum rests.
The Yes movement is the force which must be applied to the lever.
Defend all four of these elements, or our cause is lost. #DissolveTheUnion

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Peter A Bell - #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI Profile picture
Sep 20, 2018
"I am content to simply be Scottish - as in a person whose personal identity includes a component informed by the fact that I regard Scotland as the country to which I belong."
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One of the great fallacies of the independence movement is the notion that people may be persuaded by 'factual' economic arguments, even supposing such a thing could be contrived. #DissolveTheUnion
The truth is that, long before a person arrives at any discussion of economic factors, their position has been firmly established on the basis of ideology, identity, partisan loyalty etc. #DissolveTheUnion
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It is not reasonable for the Yes movement to suppose the the 'right time' for a new referendum is something which might simply emerge from conditions determined almost entirely by those most bitterly opposed to the very idea. #Referendum2018 #DissolveTheUnion
The 'right time'for a new referendum is something which must be created by the Yes movement. The practicalities of this task remain the same regardless of when the referendum is declared or held. #Referendum2018 #DissolveTheUnion
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Apr 8, 2018
Indefinitely postponing a new independence referendum IS NOT a consequence-free option. It is, in fact, PRECISELY what British Nationalists want. We know this because it is EXACTLY what they have been campaigning for. #Referendum2018
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British Nationalists know that even a small drop in the SNP vote will create an opportunity for a 'Grand Coalition' of British parties to seize control of the Scottish Parliament. #Referendum2018
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