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itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3702 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3702 relbookmark itempropurl>Still YES/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-09-19/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-09-19T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, September 19, 2024, 4:00 pm>19 September 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-comments> span classentry-byline-label>With:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3702#respond classcomments-link itempropdiscussionURL>0 Comments/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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, excepta classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3702>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3700 classentry author-triciafw post-3700 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-margaret-hamilton archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3700 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3700 relbookmark itempropurl>Stop Abstentions/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-09-12/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-09-12T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, September 12, 2024, 4:00 pm>12 September 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-comments> span classentry-byline-label>With:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3700#respond classcomments-link itempropdiscussionURL>0 Comments/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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 makea classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3700>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3696 classentry author-triciafw post-3696 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-margaret-hamilton archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3696 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3696 relbookmark itempropurl>What’s a Budget?/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-09-05/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-09-05T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, September 5, 2024, 4:00 pm>5 September 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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 toa classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3696>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3688 classentry author-triciafw post-3688 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-aileen-orr archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3688 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3688 relbookmark itempropurl>On a Wet Bank Holiday/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-29/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-29T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 29, 2024, 4:00 pm>29 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat233 relcategory>Aileen Orr/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>Nothing like a dark Scottish wet day to focus the mind on hiding under the duvet. Makes you wonder how big the Starmer bedcover is. With his popularity ratings falling, the mask has slipped and I’m reminded of the Thatcher rhetoric about how good England is to Scotland. Aye right. Here is a greyness over the UK just now, it hung over us all from the 1970s, but this feels different. The gloom is on us and the nights are drawing in but it all seems familiar, or are we moving into a transition stage where we take control and move onto our own path?a classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3688>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3686 classentry author-triciafw post-3686 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-margaret-hamilton archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3686 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3686 relbookmark itempropurl>It’s going to be a cold winter/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-22/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-22T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 22, 2024, 4:00 pm>22 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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 alla classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3686>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3683 classentry author-triciafw post-3683 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-stephen-bird archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3683 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3683 relbookmark itempropurl>Well, where do we go from here?/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-15/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-15T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 15, 2024, 4:00 pm>15 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat132 relcategory>Stephen Bird/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>Watching the drama of the US Presidential election this week, I was struck by a simple phrase from Democrat Vice-President candidate Governor Tim Walz. He said there’s a simple political rule of thumb in small town America; “mind your own business”. It strikes me that this rule applies just as much to Scotland as it does across the pond. Governments do well when they only step into people’s everyday life a) when it’s necessary and b) to make things better. Anything else is asking to be punished. In the 20 months or so until the 2026 elections the Scottish Government has the time to turna classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3683>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3681 classentry author-triciafw post-3681 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-michael-hance archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3681 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3681 relbookmark itempropurl>Normal Service will not be resumed /a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-08/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-08T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 8, 2024, 4:00 pm>8 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat236 relcategory>Michael Hance/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>After the UK election, establishment commentators like Andrew Marr were talking about ten years of Starmer government. Content with the apparent resumption of normal service, they have dispensed with whatever critical faculties they once had. Starmer was elected on the flimsiest of prospectuses. Barely a fifth of the population of England voted Labour and the party offered little more than a one word slogan as its programme for government. And since Rachel Reeves has outlined her spending plans, we’ve discovered that the change they’re going to deliver is change for the worse, especially if you’re a pensioner living in Scotland. The real problem for Laboura classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3681>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3677 classentry author-triciafw post-3677 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-margaret-hamilton archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3677 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3677 relbookmark itempropurl>Less than a month/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-01/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-01T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 1, 2024, 4:00 pm>1 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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. Ata classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3677>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3675 classentry author-triciafw post-3675 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-aileen-orr archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3675 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3675 relbookmark itempropurl>Do I Have Your Ear?/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-07-25/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-07-25T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, July 25, 2024, 4:00 pm>25 July 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat233 relcategory>Aileen Orr/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>In all honesty, the shooting of Donald Trump was no joke because to kill him would have martyred him and I suspect there would have been civil riots if the worst had happened. Though not sure Trump as President is better than bumbling Biden. But we have gone through our own problems with the Labour surge, with Westminster back in the hands of the Unionists. Or course it is, it’s London! The centre of the universe, ok it has twice the population of Scotland, but to be honest, and having lived there, it has its good points, but it is a cauldron which could bubble up at any time.a classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3675>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3673 classentry author-triciafw post-3673 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-stephen-bird archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3673 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3673 relbookmark itempropurl>What do we learn?/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-07-18/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-07-18T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, July 18, 2024, 4:00 pm>18 July 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat132 relcategory>Stephen Bird/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>Well, like most of you I’ve had better election nights! 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itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3702 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3702 relbookmark itempropurl>Still YES/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-09-19/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-09-19T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, September 19, 2024, 4:00 pm>19 September 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-comments> span classentry-byline-label>With:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3702#respond classcomments-link itempropdiscussionURL>0 Comments/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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, excepta classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3702>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3700 classentry author-triciafw post-3700 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-margaret-hamilton archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3700 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3700 relbookmark itempropurl>Stop Abstentions/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-09-12/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-09-12T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, September 12, 2024, 4:00 pm>12 September 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-comments> span classentry-byline-label>With:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3700#respond classcomments-link itempropdiscussionURL>0 Comments/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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 makea classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3700>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3696 classentry author-triciafw post-3696 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-margaret-hamilton archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3696 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3696 relbookmark itempropurl>What’s a Budget?/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-09-05/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-09-05T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, September 5, 2024, 4:00 pm>5 September 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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 toa classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3696>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3688 classentry author-triciafw post-3688 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-aileen-orr archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3688 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3688 relbookmark itempropurl>On a Wet Bank Holiday/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-29/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-29T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 29, 2024, 4:00 pm>29 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat233 relcategory>Aileen Orr/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>Nothing like a dark Scottish wet day to focus the mind on hiding under the duvet. Makes you wonder how big the Starmer bedcover is. With his popularity ratings falling, the mask has slipped and I’m reminded of the Thatcher rhetoric about how good England is to Scotland. Aye right. Here is a greyness over the UK just now, it hung over us all from the 1970s, but this feels different. The gloom is on us and the nights are drawing in but it all seems familiar, or are we moving into a transition stage where we take control and move onto our own path?a classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3688>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3686 classentry author-triciafw post-3686 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-margaret-hamilton archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3686 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3686 relbookmark itempropurl>It’s going to be a cold winter/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-22/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-22T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 22, 2024, 4:00 pm>22 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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 alla classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3686>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3683 classentry author-triciafw post-3683 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-stephen-bird archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3683 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3683 relbookmark itempropurl>Well, where do we go from here?/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-15/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-15T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 15, 2024, 4:00 pm>15 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat132 relcategory>Stephen Bird/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>Watching the drama of the US Presidential election this week, I was struck by a simple phrase from Democrat Vice-President candidate Governor Tim Walz. He said there’s a simple political rule of thumb in small town America; “mind your own business”. It strikes me that this rule applies just as much to Scotland as it does across the pond. Governments do well when they only step into people’s everyday life a) when it’s necessary and b) to make things better. Anything else is asking to be punished. In the 20 months or so until the 2026 elections the Scottish Government has the time to turna classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3683>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3681 classentry author-triciafw post-3681 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-michael-hance archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3681 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3681 relbookmark itempropurl>Normal Service will not be resumed /a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-08/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-08T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 8, 2024, 4:00 pm>8 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat236 relcategory>Michael Hance/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>After the UK election, establishment commentators like Andrew Marr were talking about ten years of Starmer government. Content with the apparent resumption of normal service, they have dispensed with whatever critical faculties they once had. Starmer was elected on the flimsiest of prospectuses. Barely a fifth of the population of England voted Labour and the party offered little more than a one word slogan as its programme for government. And since Rachel Reeves has outlined her spending plans, we’ve discovered that the change they’re going to deliver is change for the worse, especially if you’re a pensioner living in Scotland. The real problem for Laboura classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3681>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3677 classentry author-triciafw post-3677 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-margaret-hamilton archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3677 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3677 relbookmark itempropurl>Less than a month/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-08-01/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-08-01T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, August 1, 2024, 4:00 pm>1 August 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat6 relcategory>Margaret Hamilton/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>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. Ata classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3677>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3675 classentry author-triciafw post-3675 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-aileen-orr archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3675 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3675 relbookmark itempropurl>Do I Have Your Ear?/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-07-25/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-07-25T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, July 25, 2024, 4:00 pm>25 July 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat233 relcategory>Aileen Orr/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>In all honesty, the shooting of Donald Trump was no joke because to kill him would have martyred him and I suspect there would have been civil riots if the worst had happened. Though not sure Trump as President is better than bumbling Biden. But we have gone through our own problems with the Labour surge, with Westminster back in the hands of the Unionists. Or course it is, it’s London! The centre of the universe, ok it has twice the population of Scotland, but to be honest, and having lived there, it has its good points, but it is a cauldron which could bubble up at any time.a classmore-link hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3675>Read More →/a>/p>/div> /div>!-- .entry-grid-content --> /div>!-- .entry-grid -->/article>!-- .entry -->article idpost-3673 classentry author-triciafw post-3673 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-stephen-bird archive-big itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttps://schema.org/BlogPosting itempropblogPost> div classentry-grid hgrid> div classentry-featured-img-wrap>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3673 classentry-featured-img-link>/a>/div> div classentry-grid-content hgrid-span-12> header classentry-header> h2 classentry-title itempropheadline>a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?p3673 relbookmark itempropurl>What do we learn?/a>/h2> /header>!-- .entry-header --> div classscreen-reader-text itempropdatePublished itemtypehttps://schema.org/Date>2024-07-18/div> div classentry-byline> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-date> span classentry-byline-label>On:/span> time classentry-published updated datetime2024-07-18T16:00:00+00:00 itempropdatePublished titleThursday, July 18, 2024, 4:00 pm>18 July 2024/time> /div> div classentry-byline-block entry-byline-cats> span classentry-byline-label>In:/span> a hrefhttps://scotsindependent.scot/?cat132 relcategory>Stephen Bird/a> /div>/div>!-- .entry-byline --> div classentry-summary itempropdescription>p>Well, like most of you I’ve had better election nights! 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