Whilst Scotland has it’s own Parliament, currently it only has limited powers, a fixed budget it must work within (it cannot create money like a country with its own Central Bank can), and is overseen by a UK Parliament in Westminster: this is UK Democracy. So what’s Scotland’s part in this – how much of a say do we have, and how much does the Westminster Government listen? How is our Government funded and who decides where our nation’s revenues go?
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Westminster hates Devolution
Westminster has never been happy with devolution. The way the UK works with national governments has never been a success.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.…