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It has now been almost seven years since the UK voted to leave the European Union and three years since the UK left the EU in direct conflict with the stated democratic will of the Scottish people. The Scottish electorate was ignored and Scotland was ripped from the European community against what has now been proven to have been Scotland’s better judgement. 

The UK government is attacking workers’ rights in draconian new laws, which will be imposed on Scotland –  despite fierce opposition from Scotland’s democratically elected Parliament. 

The UK is also ripping up many workers’ rights that depend on EU laws – such as mandatory rest breaks and holiday pay for part-time workers. 

Meanwhile, the UK has slumped seven points to its lowest-ever place in an international ranking of government standards on honesty.

Scotland currently produces the most renewable energy per capita among the UK nations and is a potential global leader in this field.  Hydrogen in particular could represent Scotland’s greatest industrial opportunity since the discovery of oil and gas in the North Sea. The technology has the power to unleash huge economic benefits while supporting the transition to net zero.

But Scotland is being failed by the Westminster government in its transition to renewables, which leaves the question open: Is the UK government preventing Scotland from reaching its full potential?

When Shell announced the biggest profits in its history – £32.2 billion pounds for 2022 on Thursday – the BBC morning news flagship, the ‘Today’ programme gave listeners misleading information about how much tax it is paying in the UK compared to other countries. 

A powerful analysis of the requirements for constitutional reform in the face of Anglo-centric British nationalism

A Salvo proposal to petition the United Nations as a liberation movement.

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The SNP leadership’s phony independence campaign is entering its final stages after the Supreme Court decision. We need rigorous honesty about what went wrong and what comes next for Scotland, argues David Jamieson.

Full post here: https://www.conter.scot/2022/11/23/the-end-of-the-neverendum-is-coming/

John R Bryson's pessimistic view of Scotland's economic transition to prosperity after independence.

Read it here: https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/independence/scotland-and-economic-life-after-independence/

The case for Scottish independence has never been stronger, but the SNP’s strategy isn’t working.

Read more: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/scotland-independence-sturgeon-new-referendum/

Asylum seekers are subject to poor conditions, lack of social integration, prohibited from working, and a broken Home Office system. Part 2 of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland is published today with damming evidence on the Immigration system of the UK.