Author: Scott Macdonald
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A draft letter to Leithers
People of Leith: be proud. You registered to vote in droves, you engaged, debated, argued the future, faced down scaremongering, fear and already-unravelling lies to return a Yes result across Leith and Leith Walk polling districts. It wasn’t enough. The people of Scotland said No: 55% to 45%. So, let’s take a look at what’s…
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SSP political activism 101
Firstly, we’ve been inundated with requests to join the Scottish Socialist Party – we have no great big party machine, or the cash to outsource enormous mailshots, it’s just a handful of people stuffing envelopes in a wee office – so we hope you’ll forgive us for any delays in delivering welcome packs. Let us…
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Not Just Eck
It’s weird just how supporters of the No campaign like to tie the cause of Scottish self-determination exclusively to Alex Salmond. Well, that’s flat-out wrong and a little bit sad. It’s a huge, diverse movement, and if Eck were to disappear off the face of the earth, it would continue unabated. At some point, head…
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YENL 12th April
An excellent morning and early afternoon on the campaign trail. Lots of work done, lots of conversations, lots more volunteers and crucially, lots more people engaged and moved towards Yes. I love days like today, may we have many, many more of them in the coming months.
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Off to Flanders for the weekend
Well, that was an interesting weekend… Second-to-last Friday, I get home. Bit tired, needing to wring myself out before a weekend’s campaigning. Check Facebook and Twitter. The ever alert Connor Beaton (@zcbeaton) highlighted this tweet from Natalie McGarry – a recent SNP parliamentary candidate and activist within Women for Independence (give ’em a couple of…
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On writing implements
I’m trying to recreate the writing implements of my youth. I’m browsing stationary stores, looking for pads of just the right kind of squared paper in which I learned the quadratic formula, proved the sine rule, came up with a rudimentary proof of Pythagoras, wrote simple algorithms to find perfect numbers, came to a crash…
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Tynecastle Welcomes Successful Second Super Saturday
Over the past year, hundreds of events organised by the Yes Scotland campaign across the country have seen dozens of supporters pounding pavements and engaging with the public in inventive and traditional ways. The Yes Edinburgh Super Saturday events bring a large group of Yes advocates together to show the collective strength of the city…
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Independence Facebook exchange
A Facebook exchange. Better Together-supporter called Andrew: If I may ask, why do you support independence? Reply: Hi Andrew, Sorry about not replying sooner, I’ve not checked this folder in weeks. And you’re very welcome to ask.
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Letter for enshrining trans equality in marriage law
Dear Mr Chisholm, I wish to thank you very much for your vote in favour of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill. This ensures that Scotland continues its progression as a country equal for all its citizens in her laws. Sometimes, absent of party hackery and tribalism, I can be in awe of the…
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In which Scott thanks the leader of the Tories
Dear Ms Davidson, I wish to thank you, so very much for your proud, passionate contribution to tonight’s equal marriage debate. More than the many other fine contributors to the debate of this progressive bill, in your most personal speech, you spoke for me. You gave voice to enshrining the hope, truth and the forming…