Margaret Hamilton

Something tells me that today (Wednesday 18 September) is not going as well as the unionists wanted it to, despite MSM trying its best to assist them. It started early today with social media being used to post statements and pictures showing support for independence is still here. As usual. Lots of different styles and imagination. This evening there are a breadth of demonstrations by various groups the length of the country. Yet still, the MSM are spouting the Tory mantra that we don’t want it, we don’t have the support. One thing they have got right is that nobody is going anywhere. Well, exceptRead More →

Tuesday saw the vote in the House of Commons to try and block the removal of the winter fuel from all pensioners. 53 Labour MPs abstained, it is thought two of them were Scottish MPs. Some newspapers are referring to this as a rebellion. How ridiculous, nothing like a rebellion. The meaning of ‘rebellion’ is ‘an outbreak against authority’. Sitting on your hands and refusing to speak up for your constituents is simply mere cowardice. Pleasing their master and protecting their future progress within their party. It is high time MPs were made accountable for their voting behaviour. Individuals feel they are unable to makeRead More →

I am at a total loss as to people’s understanding of money. The unionist parties are determined to have us believe that the black hole in the Scottish Governments budget is the fault of the SNP. They keep waving the report by the allegedly independent Scottish Fiscal Commission. I looked up the commission, some senior professors in areas of finance, a banker or two and some economists and accountants. Many seem to have worked in UK and Scottish Governments. They work with the Scottish Government and also with a few of Westminster’s departments. What has been lifted from the report, which the unionists want toRead More →

Sadly, the Scottish Government is having to look again about what it can afford within the tight budget allowed us by the Westminster Government. I am sure those of you who read this are well aware that all the money generated by Scots goes to the Westminster coffers. They then decide what percentage of that can be returned to us to spend on our people and their future. Everyone, who paid attention, knew that there was going to be a huge deficit in the Westminster Governments budget. I mean, nobody can keep giving money away to their pals like the Tories did and expect allRead More →

That’s all it took for them to turn their backs on the voters. Just the start of breaking all the ‘promises’ made during the election. Last week we had every Scottish Labour MP vote against reversing the 2 child tax policy brought in by the Tories. Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie have not been seen since. They campaigned heavily on this issue. The Labour MPs who did vote to reverse it have been suspended from the party. Has Starmer just given Jeremy Corbyn supporters? This week, the Chancellor has just taken the winter heating allowance away from all pensioners not on top up credits. AtRead More →

This absolutely cracks me up. What an absolute waste of money, time and fake promises. Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Labour and Scottish Conservatives and unionist party do not exist as stand alone parties. They are treated the way Scotland is by the UK Government, as a minor region. Alex Cole Hamilton made huge claims regarding social care and NHS. Areas where they could just pluck a figure out of the air, as the polling shows that their masters have no chance of coming close enough to have any influence on UK policy, and therefore have some influence on funding for Scotland. Douglas Ross has totallyRead More →

Presented as a shock surprise, it was anything but. The parties had been geared up and campaigning for some time. Thanks to the impartiality of the British mainstream media, rumours are abounding with no fact checking whatsoever. One rumour is that Labour activists in the NE of Scotland have been instructed to move south to the central belt to campaign. Comes as  no surprise to me as Labour have been dwindling here for a long time. What has been annoying this household is the persistent style of campaigning by the Unionist parties. SNP constantly bad while delivering for the Scottish people what Westminster is denyingRead More →

Debate on the radio recently has made me wonder. Do the fiercest defenders of everything to do with the union and the associations with the Great in Britain, come from certain backgrounds? Parts of society who defiantly oppose any form of change or modernisation.  The debate that got me thinking was about the future of the Commonwealth Games. I grew up in a time when the Commonwealth was fairly prominent in our lives. I even did the Commonwealth Knowledge badge when I was in the guides. Listening to the people in athletics being interviewed, there did not seem to be the same enthusiasm at insisting that these games continue.Read More →