Do you remember the 2011 AV referendum? Probably not. It came and went in the blink of an eye, a few months after the 2010 Westminster election. It was part of the deal that Nick Clegg did with David Cameron in return for forming a coalition with the Tories. The Tories shook hands on it… Read More »It’s 2026 or Bust
How will the ISP mark this event? In response to International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Women’s Committee of the Independence for Scotland Party decided on an online event, planned for the afternoon of Saturday 15th January 2022, to allow men into the discussion of this challenging topic. It will… Read More »Elimination of Violence Against Women
The lessons of history are so poorly observed, we may as well be looking at the past through a telescope the wrong way round. In attempting to understand the motivation and context of our ancestors, the academic refers to not only archaeological evidence but the written record. Articles that reference songs and other oral traditions… Read More »A History of Violence
The first rule of politics is to turn up. More than anything people want your presence. They want you to be amongst them, to see what they see and feel what they feel. It’s one thing speaking on people’s behalf in a debating chamber, but the real rockface of politics is the politician’s constituency. House… Read More »Sir David Amess
The SNP and the Greens entered a coalition this week. This is probably the least surprising thing to happen in Scottish politics for a while, and the policy direction that they have taken is completely unsurprising as well. However, it consolidates and confirms some of the things we have been saying. We thought it would… Read More »The More Things Change – the SNP/Green Coalition
The following letter was published in The National. REFERRING to the letter on Sunday from Peter Barr, it is incorrect to say that the Independence for Scotland Party have thrown in our lot with the Alba Party. I am not aware of how the AFI intend to progress, but the ISP is definitely going forward… Read More »ISP is Here to Stay
In 2012, two years before the independence referendum, a friend and I were discussing what we could do to campaign for an independent Scotland. We came to the conclusion that the most important issue of the campaign was currency. If Scotland could resolve this issue satisfactorily,then there was a solid platform for making the case… Read More »Not making the same mistake twice
The Energy Revolution Scotland Must Not Miss Scotland is getting known for missing out: sovereign wealth fund, public bank, oil bonanza; even now, it looks like a great deal of Scotland’s renewable resources could be scooped-up by foreign-owned companies, meaning Scots will pay higher rates for electricity that should be theirs for tuppence. And… Read More »The Energy Revolution Scotland Must Not Miss
We at ISP are still asked by some well meaning people online about why we don’t simply pack up and “work with” AFI, the Action For Independence party which previously set out and failed to set up an alliance of pro independence parties. “You need to sort it out and work together” we’re told. We… Read More »There is No Alliance
Yesterday, 10th March 2021, marks the day that the leadership of the SNP declared war on at least 52% of the Scottish People, betraying women, girls and those who support those safe spaces guaranteed by the Equality Act (2010). This deeply sinister development is supported by the Green Party, who have been behind many attacks… Read More »Conscience and the Hate Crime
