Our Goal – within reach. 

I’m neither politician nor leader; I’m a lawyer and love my work: also a mum, a daughter, partner, friend. Nothing in my life or experience is any better, braver or more special than the  thousands I went to school with, played or danced with, shared a few Embassy Regal or stinking Spanish cigarettes with. But what I believe I have in common with all my friends and colleagues now is an understanding that Scotland’s government is amateur, divisive and indolent. That assessment is especially horrible when we bear in mind that this self same government was elected to achieve the independence of Scotland.

Scotland has I think 46 SNP MPs seeking re-election; they can’t tell you or me what they will do to advance the cause of Scotland’s self-determination. All they say is we have  to make Scotland Tory-free. That baffles me. We were Tory free in 1997  but that status didn’t confer independence. In 2015 we elected a handful of Tories and did so again in 2017 and 2019. Making Scotland Tory free is not the end game; it’s not even the beginning. 

The real and only game in town is getting the band back together again.

I have neither interest nor support for those of our movement who seek fame beyond Scotland’s shores. Our nation’s independence will be won, or as I prefer, regained, on the doorsteps of our schemes, on the football parks, in the bowling clubs, bingo halls, men’s sheds, pubs, clubs, the queues of parents at nurseries and primary schools. Those who genuinely seek to create an independent Scotland will redirect their efforts towards self determination and a united campaign for this where party affiliations matter naught and always is the priority of #CountryBeforeParty.

#AyeItsComing. #IndyFirst.