Author: YiP
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Looking at rural Scotland
Scotland’s 2022 Census data recently became available at local level. You can find it here. It now has sufficient detail to allow quite small areas to be analysed. This is one such analysis created for Yes Tweeddale, which encompasses a rural area of the Scottish Borders. Demography and migration Adult Lifestage Those of working age…
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Who controls Westminster? It’s never Scotland
Voters in England always decide which English party controls Westminster – parties from other nations have never been part of a Westminster government. This is the nature of the UK’s antiquated and out-of-date democratic system. So whilst English parties may have an interest in Scotland natural resources, they never have an interest in our people.…
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Westminster doesn’t listen
Across any measure, people in Scotland believe more than those in England that Westminster doesn’t listen to them. But if you’re unemployed, working class, from an ethnic minority – or have an accent – it’s completely deaf. Westminster runs with an antiquated, out-of-date, system. Rich donors and businesses pay the English parties millions to influence…
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Unionist MPs and MSPs
Want to see what unionist party representatives in Scotland are posting? Try these handy lists and their posts will all be collected together in one handy timeline. Twitter/X You can also download these lists in CSV format: Note: Mercedes Villalba MSP hasn’t reached the 21st century yet. You can also download these lists in CSV…
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Westminster: power at any cost comes with a moral vacuum
The 2024 Westminster election has demonstrated the transformation of Labour into a party that pursues power at any cost – but at the cost of a moral vacuum. We’re used to unionist journalists praising this characteristic in the Tories as a demonstration of a party that can “reinvent itself when needed”, but Starmer, guided by…
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Scotland has no control over Westminster Austerity – here’s why
If you investigate how Scotland’s public funding works, it’s clear that most of it is controlled outside Scotland – by political parties based in England. This is why Scotland has no control over Westminster Austerity and its impact on our Government finances. Watch this short video explainer to find out more…
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Winter Fuel Payment – more Westminster austerity
On 29-Jul-2024 the Labour government in Westminster announced the removal of winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners [1]. This austerity measure was not part of the party’s manifesto for election. As a result the money paid by Westminster to Scotland as the Scottish Government’s budget is to be reduced by £160m [2]. However responsibility…
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Who’d invent a Parliament like this?
The UK Parliament has by far the largest upper chamber in Europe – and no Scottish parties are represented, and never have been.
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Labour’s unfair and misleading campaigning
In the 2024 Westminster election, Scotland’s parties were at a significant disadvantage in online campaigning as compared to the unionist parties like Labour. What’s more Labour used confusion about devolved vs reserved powers extensively to spread a misleading message. Subsidising ad spend from England Labour, like the Tories, receives huge donations from those who seek…
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Westminster democracy doesn’t serve Scotland
In the 2024 Westminster general election Labour won a big victory – but yet again the legacy Westminster First Past The Post (FPTP) system highlighted how undemocractic this victory is. This is particularly the case in Scotland, where in every seat won by a unionist party, the SNP came second – but those who voted…