Gayle's Scottish Blog

DELEGATES to the   SNP's   online conference next month will seek a seamless trade between England and Scotland upon Scotland reasserting its statehood, however a Scottish referendum to reinstate Scotland's full statehood will not be discussed. First Minister of Scotland and SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has said she will not pursue a referendum until covid has passed. The provisional agenda for the online SNP conference, being held from 26-29 November, reaffirms SNP's position for Scotland to rejoin the EU and to seek seamless trade between Scotland and England.  The SNP conference acknowledges that they will seek to re-join the EU in order to access free markets and increase trade. Whilst negotiating Scotland's membership of the European Union the Scottish SNP Government’s position will be to remain part of the Common Travel Area and to support the free movement of people, goods and services, with seamless trade between Scotland and England, and European Free Trade Aut...

Having worked a double shift on Friday 10th September 2021, I got home around midnight exhausted and needing sleep. Instead of resting my eyes I had a quick bite to eat and prepared my bag for heading through to Greenock for my first ever party political conference. I wasn't sure what to expect. Hype, yes, to some extent, but I hoped to see and hear passionate folk who, like myself, firmly believe in Scotland's right to assert its authority and statehood.  I spent the next couple of hours lazing about before going to freshen up and get dressed. By 4am I was ready to go. Another hour and I would be heading to get a bus to the train station. The journey was pleasant enough and I arrived in Greenock just after 8am. I waited for a few minutes outside the conference hall unsure who anyone was bar the Alba representative who stopped to say hello before heading inside.   The hall was a fairly decent size and able to accommodate the number of potential delegates who could attend....