BBC:http://t.co/2g2ltzowH2 without bias in #indyref 2. Respond to "Fairness in the first Year?" UWS http://t.co/pX0I5MVbLE via @UKChange
— Dean Brown (@scotcitizenblog) March 25, 2014
Tuesday 25 March 2014
Petition to the BBC to report fairly in the Scottish Independence Referendum as so far the words that spring to mind are 'Fat chance!'
Monday 24 March 2014
Gains of Yes 5: A Written Constitution
I am for YES because I want to see our country, whether that is the UK or Scotland, have a written Constitution.
The UK is almost unique in not having one enshrining the rights of citizens. This means the Westminster political elite can currently make it up as they go along. At least currently there is the European Convention on Human Rights which applies in the UK, but then again the Tories wish to opt out of this, and UKIP want to leave Europe.
As no London based political party wants this voting NO is never likely achieve this aim. Only by voting YES is this likely. A written constitution could enshrine rights like the following…
- You should have a right to a roof over your head.
- You should have a right to enough food to eat. Currently the only way you can assure that you have a home and enough food is to be sentenced to prison.
- You should have a right to a free education.
- You should have the right to free health and medical care if you need it.
- You should have a right to a basic standard of living whether you are in work, out of work, ill or a senior citizen.
- You should have a right to be treated equally no matter what your race, gender, sexual orientation, and much more.
Vote Yes for a more progressive and inclusive country, enshrined in a new Scottish Constitution.
Tuesday 18 March 2014
Gains of Yes 4: Nuclear Weapons
I am voting YES because I want to see a Scotland without nuclear weapons.
I don’t want to see nuclear weapons on Scottish soil or in Scottish seas.
The only way to ensure this occurs is to vote YES, as all the 4 main London based parties (Selfservatives, Lavender Labour, Fiberal Democrats, and UveFlipped) to varying degrees are in favour of keeping the UK’s warheads 30 miles from Scotland’s largest city.
I have always wondered why they are not so keen to have these 30 miles from London! The Scots and their largest city is expendable, but London is not perhaps?
Not spending such large amounts on nuclear weapons which will never be used would free up money for a larger conventional force, plus childcare, healthcare and many other things which might actually be of benefit to the people of Scotland.
It is often mentioned that NATO is a nuclear club. Why then do most of its members not have nuclear weapons? Why would Scotland as an independent country without nuclear weapons be barred from joining when it has been a member of this organisation through the United Kingdom for decades?
Only by voting YES can you ensure a Scotland without nuclear weapons.
I don’t want to see nuclear weapons on Scottish soil or in Scottish seas.
The only way to ensure this occurs is to vote YES, as all the 4 main London based parties (Selfservatives, Lavender Labour, Fiberal Democrats, and UveFlipped) to varying degrees are in favour of keeping the UK’s warheads 30 miles from Scotland’s largest city.
I have always wondered why they are not so keen to have these 30 miles from London! The Scots and their largest city is expendable, but London is not perhaps?
Not spending such large amounts on nuclear weapons which will never be used would free up money for a larger conventional force, plus childcare, healthcare and many other things which might actually be of benefit to the people of Scotland.
It is often mentioned that NATO is a nuclear club. Why then do most of its members not have nuclear weapons? Why would Scotland as an independent country without nuclear weapons be barred from joining when it has been a member of this organisation through the United Kingdom for decades?
Only by voting YES can you ensure a Scotland without nuclear weapons.
A YES Vote is a Vote for the SNP?
Many people
will say voting YES in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum is a vote for the
SNP.
The SNP are
in power in the Scottish Parliament at the moment until the end of their
current term in 2016 as per the current UK Scottish devolution settlement. At
the end of their current term of office (and the negotiations for independence)
Scotland would become independent, and Scotland’s first General Election would
be called. If the Scots decided to vote the SNP in for another term of office
then they could. However they could equally vote Labour, Liberal Democrat, or
Conservative (or at least the new non-unionist parties that would be formed
from the ashes of the Unionist ones of which they are now part). Or they may
vote for the Scottish Greens, Scottish Socialists or some other party that I
have omitted to mention. The SNP may even cease to exist in 2016 having
achieved its central aim, i.e. to make Scotland an independent country.
So the
answer is a definite no. A YES vote
is not a vote for the SNP or Alex Salmond. It is a vote for Scotland becoming
an independent country like all the other independent countries in the world.
This is suggested by the question the electorate will be asked…
‘Should Scotland by an independent country?’
There is no
mention of the SNP anywhere. This is understandable since there is every
possibility that they will not be in power after 2016.
Taking the
argument further if a YES vote is a vote for the SNP it could be argued that a NO
vote is a vote for the Conservatives.
Scotland
has not voted Conservative since the 1950s and doesn’t look like doing so any
time soon. The question potential NO voters should ask themselves is ‘Is it
right for Scotland to constantly get a Westminster Government it didn’t vote
for?’.
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