I love nothing more than diving down the deep, deep rabbit hole that is our country, and all the inner workings of such an amazing nation. If anyone has anything to share, whether that’s research you’ve done, blogs you’ve written, articles you’ve found, or even just questions that keep you up at night - bring them here. I’m looking for content to upload to our classroom, and being able to use it as an information hub rather than courses. Education is education, however it’s delivered. I’d be honoured to feature anything you’d care to share that fits or supports Scottish Independence - even some that question it as we are always open to hearing both sides of the discussion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What does everybody think about Jeremy Corbyn’s new Your Party? I quite like Corbyn’s left-wing views - much like the Labour Party of old which was (at least sometimes) electable. It was reported a couple wif weeks ago that the new party would be against Scottish and Welsh independence, but I’ve been reading into it a bit more and it seems they will be taking notice of the two countries’ wishes on self-determination. If that is the case - and given the defections we’ve witnessed so far - Your Party may be the best way of securing Indy? I’m interested to hear what others think. Slainte!

I’m a bit outraged at The Herald’s headline this morning - as apparently Scotland is “on the frontline” if there’s a conflict with Russia. Faslane, Lossiemouth the first to be hit. Convenient timing, eh? Geneva goes our way, and suddenly Westminster wants us all picturing mushroom clouds over the Clyde. I have thoughts… 1. Geography doesn’t change with flags. Those bases are strategic because of where they are, not because of which parliament they answer to. Independent or not, they matter to NATO. 2. NATO membership doesn’t disappear with independence. An attack on Scotland would be an attack on all NATO members. Collective defence still applies. 3. “Scotland first, England safe” is fantasy. If Russia ever struck the UK, they wouldn’t politely stop at the border. London, Portsmouth, Devonport, Brize Norton… all are high-value targets too. The whole island is in it together. 4. Nuclear deterrent works both ways. Everyone knows that hitting Faslane would trigger a NATO response. That’s why these “you’d be first” scare stories are political theatre, not military reality. 5. While this one’s purely speculative - why are we being encouraged to keep Trident in our waters, if that makes us a target?? Funny that… it almost feels like a set up, a contingency plan… is Westminster in cahoots with Putin? Should we gain our independence, Russia is all of a sudden taking an interest? Randomly? I doubt it. I think the truth is more like: Westminster isn’t worried about Russia. They’re worried about us. Because if Scotland stands tall on the world stage, their last line of defence is fear. We’ve outgrown their bogeyman stories. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19XnDeRcti/?mibextid=wwXIfr