She’s Oor Queen too…

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Scotsfox

They’re all confused about the Monarchy over at One Dynamic Nation.

They ask…

Would the Queen remain as Head of State of an independent Scotland?

If there is any better reason for the introduction of Scottish Studies to the curriculum I’d like to hear it?

How can they be so ignorant? Do they know nothing of their history?

Well, to allay their fears they’ll be glad to know that she’s Her Grace Elisabeth, Queen of Scots AS WELL AS Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II of England.

Note that these are completely separate Crowns — and look at the titles.

1. Queen of Scots — NOT Scotland. She’s our Queen under sufferance, we are NOT her subjects but a sovereign people.

2. Queen of England — NOT The English. They are her subjects as they are not sovereign.

So, this is a complete red-​herring and has nothing to do with the proposed dissolution of the Treaty of Union 1707 as she will obviously remain Queen of Scots in an Independent Scotland — if we so choose it. The SNP have said they have no plans for a Republic — do the other parties?

Of course we’re assuming she took the Oath. Some say she did the night before the public hooha of her televised Coronation but I have seen no confirmation of that.

Personally I’d be happy to see the back of them and the rest of the Bilderberg Cabal.

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Just a thought…

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Scotsfox

So there’s a possibility that membership of the EU will, after all, be debated in Westminster and might — I’ll believe it when I see it — be put to a referendum.

…which got me thinking (I know, I know).

Anyway, Call me Dave has stated that he wants the UK to stay in the EU and the result of any referendum would not be binding on Westminster. Is that true for the Scots?

My understanding is that the UK is a Parliamentary Democracy with sovereignty held by the Crown in Parliament — that is, the people are not sovereign. However in Scotland we have a Representative Democracy and the people ARE sovereign as enshrined in the Claim of Right.

So if the UK holds a referendum on this issue how can they disregard the opinion of voters in Scotland? What happens if England votes overwhelmingly for exit and Scotland votes overwhelmingly for staying? Can they override the sovereignty of the Scottish People?

I don’t know, I’m only asking and perhaps someone out there might elucidate for me.

BTW I personally believe that when Scotland does become independent (very soon I hope) that we don’t continue membership of a pointless and expensive political union and seek to be members of EFTA and EEA instead. All the trading benefits intact but without the ridiculous political union that has always been doomed to fail and is anti-​democratic.

SAOR ALBA

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BOGOF…

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Scotsfox

Note to self: Must stop using acronyms for titles…

Anyway, after continuously refusing to countenance the possibility of a referendum on Independence for Scotland we now have the esteemed Secretary of State for Scotland declare that we need TWO.

From the Scotsman Hootsmon today:

“Assuming the Scottish people voted in favour of independence in the first poll, Mr Moore said that a second referendum would then have to be held to ratify an independence deal brokered between the UK and Scottish Governments.”

Well OK, I’ll go with that but not for the same reasons as dim witted Moore. This is just typical Unionist bullshit. He comes out with this utter garbage thinking that it’s a credible attack on the campaign for an Independence referendum.

Unfortunately for him he didn’t even consider the unintended consequences or the fact that observers would immediately spot that this has never happened before where referenda were held. It seems his colleagues in the Coalition have wakened up to this going by the reaction of some Tories to his idea.

No recent case of Independence being achieved, and recognised by the UN, has required more than one referendum, indeed some have happened by parliamentary vote only with no need for a referendum at all.

However, the more interesting aspect is that if there are to be two votes then we might as well vote YES in the first because we can always vote no if we don’t like the settlement.

So what happens if the first vote is YES, and the principle of Independence for Scotland is set by the will of the People, and the second vote is NO?

Does that not mean that we still want Independence but the deal isn’t good enough so fuck off back to Westminster and come up with something better?

Do we get another referendum on any renegotiation or is it game over and we stick with the status quo? Where would we go from there?

Perhaps Mr Moore would like to explain how this would work exactly…

…but I won’t wait with baited breath because I think he’ll be gone before he comes up with an answer. And it might be a good idea to save £10M a year and simply not replace him.

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GIRFUY!

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Scotsfox

No, I’m no deid…I just couldn’t be arsed.

This time last year I watched the Unionist Nu Labour criminals replaced by the Unionist Tory/​Lib Dem coalition of thieves.

This time last year I watched the filthy, corrupt, unpleasant, lying “Scottish” Labour Party take 41 of the 59 Scottish seats for Westminster on a platform of lying & fearmongering about the return of Thatcher.

During this whole year the Labour rabble in Holyrood spent their entire time spewing venom and blocking anything the SNP tried to achieve — aided and abetted by their Unionist friends in the Tory and Lib Dem Parties.

Well it seems that the Scottish People have finally seen sense.

None of the opposition parties are registered in Scotland (I would have counted the Greens if they hadn’t made a pig’s breakfast of their silly campaign to stop road & Bridge building), they are simply branches of the main London based parties and the Scots are clear that they want more control in Scotland. We don’t need the Eds to tell us what to do and the Tories have no mandate whatsoever in Scotland.

Now that the miracle has happened we have to put up with the same old media shite led by the BBC and the English MSM. This article by Quentin Letts sums it up. To you Mr Letts, GIRFUY! We, in Scotland, will decide our future and you can fuck right off.

To all the decent people of England, many my friends, please tell these hatemongers that we don’t care what they think. We’ve had enough of their lies and corruption and we’re now in a position to do something about it.

Highlight of my year? Watching Andy Kerr lose his seat closely followed by Iain ‘Elmer Fudd’ Gray’s retreat at Glasgow Central Station.

Saor Alba

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Alba Matters: Only independence can stop the Tories

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Scotsfox

Alba Matters: Only independence can stop the Tories.

No point in me wasting keystrokes when this articulates my view almost 100%.

“So there we have it, Scotland is going to be run by a minority party. A party with only 1 MP in the entire country. A party which owes nothing to the Scottish electorate — after all, even if everyone had voted for Labour, they would still have gotten in — and therefore has no reason to look favourably upon us. Let’s face it: we’re screwed.”

Doug, just brilliant, thank you.

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