Voices for Scotland were blown away by the positivity on show at the Big Indy Night In. It wasn’t just that performers like Eddi Reader and Alan Bissett were so captivating and inspiring, it was all the comments of everyone who came.
THIS past weekend should have been a time for commemoration, celebration and invigoration for the independence movement in the build-up to yesterday’s 700th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath, a document which signifies the unity and birth of a nation.
HOPE and positivity are what will get us through the months ahead.
EACH week this column has been a platform to give members of the public the opportunity to tell their stories about independence and their vision of a Scotland for Everyone.
CARLA J Easton is a singer, songwriter and musician. Her songs are the kind of pop that float along a neon river, soft and warm with a crunchy edge, but as she’s quick to point out, “pop can be political”. For Carla, who at her 30th birthday party was called “nationalist scum” by a distant relative (someone you imagine doesn’t get invited to many family gatherings) political views have come to transcend her personal and public personas.
AT four o’clock in the morning, bleary-eyed and exhausted, Ann Ballinger pulled over in an empty suburban street outside Glasgow. While the world was asleep, Ann sat in her car under orange street lights knowing that she was stretching herself to breaking point.
IT could be the constantly updating stream of hate, xenophobia, sexism, racism and bile delivered directly to our synapses through the blue light of the latest smartphone.
HAVING spoken to countless people across the country about independence, one thing that comes up time after time is the desire to rid Scotland of its inequalities.
AT Voices for Scotland we want to help start conversations on issues that matter to you and give you a platform to have your voice heard.
