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’ …
Following successful launches of our Dundee and Aberdeenshire branches, Restore Scotland held its very first ever branch meeting in Glasgow on 29 July 2021, at O’Neill’s Bar near Glasgow Central Station. At the event, seven speakers addressed a range of topics, including the defence of Scotland’s national sovereignty; the SNP’s assault of free speech; the …
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 …
The typical consensus is that coalition governments do the junior partners no favours. With the SNP having danced for years to a tune of Patrick Harvie’s choosing, it seems reasonable to assume that today’s announcement of an Scottish Greens-SNP hookup may prove to be an exception. With its prioritisation of transgender over all other group …
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 …
This is just a brief personal note to say thank you to everyone who voted for Restore Scotland on Thursday. We also would like to extend our congratulations to all the candidates in the North East and Highlands & Islands for contesting a groundbreaking election. Despite having only been registered as a political party in …
Key policies: Full, sovereign independence from UK and EU; Robust defence of civil liberties; Radical action to end poverty and drug deaths. The Restore Scotland Party has launched its manifesto for Holyrood 2021, setting out fresh thinking on sovereignty, civil liberties and welfare issues. Commenting ahead of today’s manifesto launch, Party Leader David McHutchon said: …
Professor Vernon Bogdanor, noted professor of government at King’s College, London, has argued strongly that the SNP slogan Independence in Europe is a misnomer, saying being in the EU would leave Scots with less control over their affairs than they currently have in the UK. While the crux of Bogdanor’s article is that Scotland should …
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 …
David McHutchon, Party Leader Last month, Restore Scotland held its official launch. We aim to serve as a champion for full self-government in Scotland. Our movement is already drawing many to the cause of Scottish independence from among the roughly one million Scots who voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, without there being …