Given the United States’ role as trendsetters globally, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson will resonate in a particular way in Western Europe, which tends to follow the States in sociocultural matters by a decade or so. That the United States ended up with some of the most permissive abortion laws on …
On Friday 1 April, Restore Scotland relaunched as Sovereignty at a meeting of members in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire[1]. We remain committed to full independence for Scotland from the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom as opposed to the independence currently on offer, which is merely another form of unionism willing to squander political and economic …
My name is David Dyson and I live in Dundee having moved from Yorkshire in 2009. I had an addiction problem which took the form of using cocaine, ecstasy and speed (otherwise known as methamphetamine). Everything came to a head in 2010 when I became homeless and was placed in a Salvation Army resettlement unit. …
I love Christmas. From mid-November, Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas’ and Frank Sinatra’s ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ are mainstays on my playlist and our family tree is usually erected around the same time. The change of pace coupled with cosying up under blankets with my children for the first two Home Alone movies and …
Poland – the biggest beneficiary of European Union (EU) membership almost every year since joining the bloc in 2004[1] – has seen more international news coverage than usual for taking a bold stance in recent weeks against EU bullies. However, it has been castigated by the EU as a result and, although it may be …
What an utterly nauseating and polarising experience week one of COP26 has been. Nothing emphasises the overwhelming chasm gradually materialising between our politicians and people more than tens of thousands protesting their environmental concerns on the streets of Glasgow. Meanwhile, ordinary people are locked out of speeches by global leaders, whose Herculean capacity for undermining …
On Tuesday 11 September 2001, French brothers Jules Clément Naudet and Thomas Gédéon Naudet were shooting documentary footage of routine checks performed by the New York City Fire Department in Lower Manhattan. Little did Jules know, the trivial nature of his footage would embody global significance. At 8:46am, he captured the clearest footage of American Airlines’ …
I am a hardline, uncompromising Scottish Nationalist and have been all my life. I joined the SNP in Perth when I was 15 years old in 1955 and I have never wavered in my belief in Scottish Independence, by which I mean independent of both Westminster and the EU. I have absolutely no qualms about …
Restore Scotland has at its heart the value of “The defence of Individual Liberties”. We could understand individual liberties as Civil Rights: the rights (and subsequent responsibilities) inalienable to an individual as they exist within a community. The defence of these is fundamental to the modern liberal democratic tradition. In fact, I would go so …
If the Scottish Government believes that Island Bonus Scheme is the answer, then what is the question? The main problems on the islands are depopulation, access to housing, transport, poor digital infrastructure and limited employment opportunities. Each island group is different to the others and each individual island itself is different to any other. Of …
Restore Scotland candidate Brian Nugent speaks to BBC Radio Scotland about his vision for Shetland, our unique ‘double oot’ position and our support of freedom of speech.
RESTORE SCOTLAND PARTY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday 5 April 2021 EU incompetence, obfuscation and bickering over vaccines shows exactly why Scotland should not pursue EU membership after independence, an MSP candidate for Shetland has said. Brian Nugent, Shetland and Highlands and Islands Regional candidate for Restore Scotland, accuses Brussels of making “an absolute mess” of …