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Sep 20, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
"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."
"I will not have notions of Britishness imposed upon me. And I am certainly not about to assert Britishness in order to pander to the political sensitivities of others."
Sep 20, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
"The issue is not one of what powers the Scottish Parliament should have but of who gets to decide what powers the Scottish Parliament should have.
Only the people of Scotland..."
"Only the people of Scotland have the legitimate authority to make that decision. On Thursday 18 September 2014, for the first time in history, the people of Scotland will have the opportunity to exercise that authority through the democratic process. We will hold..."
Aug 23, 2018 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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
Jul 25, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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.
Jul 20, 2018 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
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
Apr 8, 2018 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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
British Nationalists hope that we will postpone a new referendum beyond the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections. Their intention is to mount a massive propaganda campaign with the aim of reducing support for the SNP. #Referendum2018
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