SO that’s clear — playing by Westminster’s rules gets us nowhere. We’re not – nor have we ever been – in a union of equals. We’re in a political marriage with England where only England can decide whether we can get a divorce!
It’s now time to turn up the heat on the UK Government and their minions. Use every peaceful tactic possible to attack the British state – starting with everyone cancelling their TV licence. Why should anyone pay for the BBC to lie to us time after time?
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The Supreme Court decision makes a mockery of any claims that this is a voluntary union – the Tories haven’t won an election in Scotland since 1959 yet only they will determine if we have the right to a referendum! This isn’t democracy.
Cllr Kenny MacLaren
Paisley
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