ITS TIME FOR A HOLIDAY!

I have been running the Yours for Scotland blog pretty much full time for three years with very few days off. I have felt for a while now I need to take a break and recharge my batteries. It’s not easy to do. I am involved in so much of what is happening across Scotland as I get involved in public speaking tours, political podcasts a plenty, some TV programmes, organisational, policy and strategy discussions within Salvo and Liberation.Scot and chairing the Scottish National Congress Steering Group.

I would probably have taken some time off earlier in the year but the SNP leadership race put paid to that. Whilst not a member of any Party it is unarguable that who the SNP pick as their new leader has a big impact on the future of the entire YES Movement.

The SNP have made their choice. It has been a farce of an election marred by dubious practice and bent rules all designed to support the Continuity candidate. Despite these advantages the new Leader has barely 50% support. But enough of that and the SNP will have to live with the consequences.

What will be those consequences?

1 An increasing divided Party and YES movement.

2 A financial crisis, the donor base was already destroyed, in the last few years by Sturgeon, it will get much worse. Soon there will be a General Election. It will not go well for the SNP under Yousaf.

3 The impact will be lost seats but the real cost will be the drop off in short money that is payable on the number of MP’s elected. Given that the SNP are now entirely reliant on that money a lot of folk who are currently on the bloated payroll face the end of their cushy power trip.

4. It will be back to raising money the hard way. Through the membership. So they claim to have 72,000 members. I still have my doubts about that and an awful lot of them couldn’t be bothered voting in the contest so good luck getting them organised to do the hard graft. Looking around I don’t see anyone capable of doing that. They look like a bunch of spenders to me. Of course they have lost thousands of experienced activists who were good at that sort of thing to Alba.

5 I am not going to wish Humza well. I do feel sorry for him though. He now has both hands of a very poisoned chalice. With the best will in the World I can only see it going one way. Down, with a capital D

As for me I will continue to work with Salvo and Liberation. They, now than ever before represent the way forward for the Independence Movement. Not tied to Party politics we can concentrate of the real goal of internationalising Scotland’s fight for Independence.I will post only occasional articles on this site for the foreseeable future. This article is the 1000th article I have posted on this site in less than three years. It has been a lot of work and I am now very tired.

I am depressed because I think the SNP have made a terrible mistake that will do them, and Scotland’s cause, untold damage. I am reminded of the saying “You can only help those who wish to help themselves”. The SNP have chosen not too!

I don’t think we will have to wait long before all the above comes to pass.

I am, as always

YOURS FOR SCOTLAND.

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