Independence v Better Together

I have tried not to write too much about the upcoming referendum because I do like to try to stay neutral but given the blatant bias of the BBC I feel independent bloggers need to redress that balance where possible. The Better Together campaign and David Cameron continue to make up whatever they want, only to be caught in that lie, and they move on to the next one. Take Scotland and the EU. Cameron claimed that Junker would not allow Scotland into the EU - Better Together run with that, only to find that Junker came out and says that is not the case: http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/independence-juncker-sympathetic-to-scotland-bid-1-3482266
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People in Scotland, be you Scottish, English, Irish, Welsh, Polish or any other nationality, need to ask themselves a few basic questions.

Do you want Nuclear Weapons in this country? If the answer is no, you should vote YES
Do you want to retain the NHS? If the answer is yes, you should vote YES
Do you think we should have a welfare system? If the answer is yes, you should vote YES
Do you want a greener Scotland (environmentally)? If yes, you should vote YES
Do you think of Scotland as a country rather than a region? If yes, then you should vote YES
Do you believe in democracy? If yes, then you should vote YES (a no means Scotland's votes remain null under a UK election)
Do you want another Tory government? If no, then you should vote YES
Do you want a country associated with UKIP? If no, then you should vote YES
If you were living in an independent country would you join the UK as it currently stands? If no, you should vote YES
Do you want a fair and just society? If yes, then you should vote YES
Do you want affordable childcare? If yes, you should vote YES

Another point I would like to make is that voting YES in the referendum is NOT a vote for the SNP or Alex Salmond - that is like saying voting NO is a vote for David Cameron and the tories. I don't vote SNP generally. I have been a liberal voter until the last election, when they stated they would never back a referendum, let alone independence. I vote Green in the EU elections and am still a liberal/socialist.

I find Labour to be as treacherous to their voters as the LibDems have been. New Labour have completely turned their back on their socialist past, allowing and indeed including new reforms which essentially backs tory reforms. Lamont is a mouthpiece for Milliband, who is a parrot of Cameron. This is why more and more Labour voters are changing position and stating that they will vote YES in September.

Better Together have now started a strategy of guaranteeing Devo max. Devolution to the max is a lie. Lamont and the Better Together campaign cannot guarantee devo max, they are not in power and going by polls, they will not be in power in 2015. If UKIP get in, they want to scrap the Scottish Parliament altogether (where is democracy there?). Cameron and his party will never give devo max powers. this is the proverbial carrot before the donkey. What we will get if a no vote wins is the stick, which is exactly what we got in 1979 when we dared to hope (we voted YES in '79. But Westminster brought in a rule about turnout. We were stamped into the ground after this referendum for trying to leave the UK).

Voting YES is not about separatism, as the BBC and Better Together would have you believe. Scotland will still be part of the commonwealth, still have the Queen as head of state and will still have the pound (I genuinely believe this because we offer too much for the rest of the UK not to give us that). We are geographically linked, we are not going anywhere. We simply want a better future, which most of us cannot see with a Westminster govt. The system is broken beyond repair and Scotland is lucky enough to have an opt out, unlike the rest of the British Isles.

Better Together seem to think that things will improve after a no vote. Where is this coming from? Will the tories suddenly grow a conscience? Will they stop trying to privatise the NHS? Will they continue to waste tax payers money on irrelevancies such as self portraits while millions require foodbanks? Austerity does not work and yet we are subjected to the worst policy we have seen since the 1920s. Osbourne has already told us that cuts will continue for several years, so things will get Worse, not better, over the next few years under a Westminster state.

I genuinely believe we have a chance at a better future as an independent country. I hope you see that too.

On another note, I have written a bit of a sexy witchy/werewolfy/vampirey book. If you like Charlaine Harris, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, hopefully you'll like this. It is available on kindle and now in paperback.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Wolf-Witch-Coffin-ebook/dp/B00CCWL6ES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366023812&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wolf%2C+the+witch+and+the+coffin

My second book, The Island of the Mist, is now available on both Kindle and paperback formats:

Kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-Kingslayer-Series-ebook/dp/B0092TUS7U/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1346945410&sr=1-2

And paperback: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346506656&sr=1-2

and in the US: http://www.amazon.com/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346946271&sr=1-2&keywords=the+island+of+the+mist

My first book, The Stone in the Sword, is now reduced in price: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Sword-ebook/dp/B006ZQIEPG/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327179005&sr=1-3

Leveson Inquiry

This week we have seen the publishing of the Leveson Report and now David Cameron, who commissioned the inquiry and the report, looks to be wanting to ignore Leveson's recommendations. So I find myself thinking, what the hell was the point in the first place?

At great expense to the tax-payer, this inquiry now appears to have been a big waste of time, money and the emotion of the victims of the press' unethical probing.

I say this because the illegal activities of the press are being, and would have been dealt with by the police anyway, so this inquiry really has been a waste.

Cameron says he wants to do things properly, to be fair - well letting the press off with their unethical and amoral behavior is not the way to go about that. In 1990 the Press Complaints Committee were faced with a similar situation and the press said they would behave, that those activities would never happen again - well they did and if Cameron does not bring in independent regulation, then there is a very good chance this is going to happen again in another decade or so. The press will behave for a short time (as they have done on the 6 previous occasions when something like this occurred), but that behaviour will slip and they will go back to their old habits.

Cameron needs to grow some testicles and talk the press by the bull-horn and bring in an independent regulator. Simple as that. this does not impinge freedom of the press, it does not prevent them from going after stories. It protects the public and prevents them from (or severely punishes them for) amoral behaviour.

Finally, I would like to wish everyone a happy St Andrew's Day :D

On another note, I have written 3 books. 2 are part of a series set in Scoltand about the Sidhe, fairy folk. Available on kindle and in paperback:

The Island of the Mist is book 2

The Stone in the Sword is book 1

The 3rd book is an adult, sexy witchy werewolf/vampire story set in New York and featuring a strong female lead character, again available in kindle and paperback formats:

The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin

Tory PM anti-women?

I was watching the Prime Minister's Question Time at lunchtime today and was, yet again, disgusted at their toddler-like behaviour. I do get sick of these twats acting like children in a playground, jeering at one another and not (in the PM's case) answering questions put to him. I think both sides are as bad as each other and I think that it is appalling that the world can see our politicians acting in this manner!

It does not bode well on the global view of the UK.

Something else I'd like to mention is the point a member of the opposition made. Cameron has put 5, yes, 5, of his former minsters (men) up for Knighthood but has not put a single female former minister up to receive dame-ship(?).

While I don't think Cameron is a mysoginist I do think he is a fully blown, public school chauvenist. He doesn't appear to hate women, I just feel he thinks they belong in the kitchen. Figures also show this, given that there are far fewer women in jobs than there were 3 years ago under the last government.

The government is not pro-women. It appears to be pushing women back into 1970's standards.

On another note, Tory MP's are coming out against the T-shirts celebrating Thatcher's inevitable demise. Currently 86, the iron lady is said to be in poor health. Tory MP's have used words like 'sickening' and 'monstrous' to describe the t-shirts, some of which state RIP Thatcher, with a tombstone on them, etc.

This shows how far removed from the nation these MP's really are. No one north of the Scottish border likes her, or west of the Welsh border, or north of Croydon for that matter. This woman brought pain and ruination to the whole of the UK, with the exception of the SE. She is almost univerally hated in the UK. I would use words like 'sickening' and 'monstrous' to describe what she did to our industries, NHS and a whole host of other issues. Two words that the Tories will NEVER be forgiven for - POLL TAX.

Enough said.

On another note, I have written 3 books. 2 are part of a series set in Scoltand about the Sidhe, fairy folk. Available on kindle and in paperback:

The Island of the Mist is book 2

The Stone in the Sword is book 1

The 3rd book is an adult, sexy witchy werewolf/vampire story set in New York and featuring a strong female lead character, again available in kindle and paperback formats:

The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin

And you can still obtain the first book, The Stone in the Sword: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Sword-ebook/dp/B006ZQIEPG/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327179005&sr=1-3

Stupid Prime Minister

We really are in a sorry state, are we not, the people of the UK, with a Prime Minister so stupid he causes mass panic and shortages of fuel!

What kind of an idiot comments like Cameron? And what kind of stupid person listens to him? For a start, if there were to be strikes, the public must be given 7 days notice and yet everyone blindly fell for his prattle and ran for the nearest fuel pump!

When will we learn to think before we act? When do we stop becoming sheep and start to think for ourselves. When, oh when do we tell Cameron to stick it and put someone with even half a brain in charge?

Most people seem to forget that we are the power. If the people want change then WE have to make it happen. Contact your local MP and tell them what you want done instead of following a stupid, blind and excessively ignorant twat!