November 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Let’s ensure our view is not ignored again. The only way to do this is by #Independence and sticking our own deal with the #EU
#areyouyesyet #indy #indyref #snp #brexit #endtheunion
#areyouyesyet #indy #indyref #snp #brexit #endtheunion
November 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Let’s ensure our view is not ignored again. The only way to do this is by #Independence and sticking our own deal with the #EU
#areyouyesyet #indy #indyref #snp #brexit #endtheunion
#areyouyesyet #indy #indyref #snp #brexit #endtheunion
October 30, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Scotland being ripped off for using its own Energy.
We have the Energy but have no Power.
#areyouyesyet #indy #indyref #snp #endtheunion
We have the Energy but have no Power.
#areyouyesyet #indy #indyref #snp #endtheunion
October 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Scotland being ripped off for using its own Energy.
We have the Energy but have no Power.
#areyouyesyet #indy #indyref #snp #endtheunion
We have the Energy but have no Power.
#areyouyesyet #indy #indyref #snp #endtheunion
#Reform are over. No doubt they will spend their foreign investment to try and secure your votes. They no doubt will be telling us we need to stick with #Brexit.
Time to make our own path . Time for #independence.
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #indyref #endtheunion
Time to make our own path . Time for #independence.
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #indyref #endtheunion
November 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM
#Reform are over. No doubt they will spend their foreign investment to try and secure your votes. They no doubt will be telling us we need to stick with #Brexit.
Time to make our own path . Time for #independence.
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #indyref #endtheunion
Time to make our own path . Time for #independence.
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #indyref #endtheunion
Devolution and independence are two totally different and mutually incompatible things. If, like John Swinney, you are working for devolution, you are not working for independence.
peterabell.substack.com/p/scottishud... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/scottishud... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
#ScottishUDI - The strategy for independence
Presentation to the Independence Forum Scotland (IFS) Autumn Convention 2025
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October 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Devolution and independence are two totally different and mutually incompatible things. If, like John Swinney, you are working for devolution, you are not working for independence.
peterabell.substack.com/p/scottishud... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/scottishud... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
The first thing to bear in mind is the fact that the people responsible for the UN initiative are not amenable to being controlled.
peterabell.substack.com/p/a-matter-o... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/a-matter-o... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
A matter of international justice
I learned a new word today.
peterabell.substack.com
November 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The first thing to bear in mind is the fact that the people responsible for the UN initiative are not amenable to being controlled.
peterabell.substack.com/p/a-matter-o... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/a-matter-o... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Killieween tonight . Killie do things differently and hold #Halloween on the last Friday in Oct so not always on the 31st.
Is it time you did something different and voted for #independence
#areyouyesyet #yes #endtheunion #indy #snp
Is it time you did something different and voted for #independence
#areyouyesyet #yes #endtheunion #indy #snp
October 30, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Killieween tonight . Killie do things differently and hold #Halloween on the last Friday in Oct so not always on the 31st.
Is it time you did something different and voted for #independence
#areyouyesyet #yes #endtheunion #indy #snp
Is it time you did something different and voted for #independence
#areyouyesyet #yes #endtheunion #indy #snp
Don’t trust Westminster regardless of who is in power. Today’s budget shows they have no interest in #scotland. Energy cap up £300+ with projected big increase in Jan.
The £100 is a bribe.
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #endtheunion
The £100 is a bribe.
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #endtheunion
October 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Don’t trust Westminster regardless of who is in power. Today’s budget shows they have no interest in #scotland. Energy cap up £300+ with projected big increase in Jan.
The £100 is a bribe.
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #endtheunion
The £100 is a bribe.
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #endtheunion
Halloween Budget coming tomorrow will it be a trick or a treat ?
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #indyref #endtheunion
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #indyref #endtheunion
October 27, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Halloween Budget coming tomorrow will it be a trick or a treat ?
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #indyref #endtheunion
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #indyref #endtheunion
STAND STILL
The Budget did not give an average Band D earner in Scotland a cash bonus. It prevented a worse bill shock - if you wages don’t increase by inflation then you’ll be worse off
#indyref #endtheunion #indy #snp #areyouyesyet #independent #endlondonrule #yes
The Budget did not give an average Band D earner in Scotland a cash bonus. It prevented a worse bill shock - if you wages don’t increase by inflation then you’ll be worse off
#indyref #endtheunion #indy #snp #areyouyesyet #independent #endlondonrule #yes
October 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
STAND STILL
The Budget did not give an average Band D earner in Scotland a cash bonus. It prevented a worse bill shock - if you wages don’t increase by inflation then you’ll be worse off
#indyref #endtheunion #indy #snp #areyouyesyet #independent #endlondonrule #yes
The Budget did not give an average Band D earner in Scotland a cash bonus. It prevented a worse bill shock - if you wages don’t increase by inflation then you’ll be worse off
#indyref #endtheunion #indy #snp #areyouyesyet #independent #endlondonrule #yes
To put it simply, if John Swinney adhered to the principle that the people of Scotland are sovereign, then theirs must be the last word on the matter.
peterabell.substack.com/p/drawing-fi... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/drawing-fi... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Drawing fire
The following is my full response to Stan Grodynski’s letter in The National (archive).
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October 30, 2026 at 10:59 AM
To put it simply, if John Swinney adhered to the principle that the people of Scotland are sovereign, then theirs must be the last word on the matter.
peterabell.substack.com/p/drawing-fi... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/drawing-fi... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
This is at least the sixth poll since Mr Burnham was made PM. We have a #independent minded and elected majority .
Time for change .
#indy #indyref #snp #yes #endtheunion #areyouyesyet #endlondonrule
Time for change .
#indy #indyref #snp #yes #endtheunion #areyouyesyet #endlondonrule
October 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This is at least the sixth poll since Mr Burnham was made PM. We have a #independent minded and elected majority .
Time for change .
#indy #indyref #snp #yes #endtheunion #areyouyesyet #endlondonrule
Time for change .
#indy #indyref #snp #yes #endtheunion #areyouyesyet #endlondonrule
Is Burnham starting to think the only way to stop Scottish #indrpendence is by rejoining the #EU?
If you want to be in the #EU then the only guaranteed route is via #indyref2
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #endtheunion
If you want to be in the #EU then the only guaranteed route is via #indyref2
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #endtheunion
October 26, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Is Burnham starting to think the only way to stop Scottish #indrpendence is by rejoining the #EU?
If you want to be in the #EU then the only guaranteed route is via #indyref2
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #endtheunion
If you want to be in the #EU then the only guaranteed route is via #indyref2
#areyouyesyet #snp #indy #endtheunion
My long letter is in the print edition of today’s Sunday National. I just read it, and what struck me most was the amount I’d left unsaid. But it’s something.
peterabell.substack.com/p/drawing-fi... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/drawing-fi... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Drawing fire
The following is my full response to Stan Grodynski’s letter in The National (archive).
peterabell.substack.com
November 1, 2026 at 12:20 PM
My long letter is in the print edition of today’s Sunday National. I just read it, and what struck me most was the amount I’d left unsaid. But it’s something.
peterabell.substack.com/p/drawing-fi... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/drawing-fi... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
The first thing to bear in mind is the fact that the people responsible for the UN initiative are not amenable to being controlled.
peterabell.substack.com/p/a-matter-o... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/a-matter-o... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
A matter of international justice
I learned a new word today.
peterabell.substack.com
November 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The first thing to bear in mind is the fact that the people responsible for the UN initiative are not amenable to being controlled.
peterabell.substack.com/p/a-matter-o... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/a-matter-o... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
The Budget will soon be on us. Expect lots of press leaks and little snippets being released to allow them to gauge the reaction.
No good news coming.
#areyouyesyet #endtheunion #indy #indyref #snp
No good news coming.
#areyouyesyet #endtheunion #indy #indyref #snp
October 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The Budget will soon be on us. Expect lots of press leaks and little snippets being released to allow them to gauge the reaction.
No good news coming.
#areyouyesyet #endtheunion #indy #indyref #snp
No good news coming.
#areyouyesyet #endtheunion #indy #indyref #snp
We have created an economy which works by ensuring the vast majority of people are made to feel insecure in some way and to some extent. Security is the ultimate luxury good.
peterabell.substack.com/p/doing-the-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/doing-the-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Doing the easy stuff
I could do the vision thing.
peterabell.substack.com
October 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
We have created an economy which works by ensuring the vast majority of people are made to feel insecure in some way and to some extent. Security is the ultimate luxury good.
peterabell.substack.com/p/doing-the-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/doing-the-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
The following is a letter from the redoubtable Mike Wallace (SNP Newington & Southside) published by The National but buried under a headline about prettyfying Scottish villages. I reprint it here with Mike’s consent.
peterabell.substack.com/p/our-right-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/our-right-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Our right to decide must be acted on, not just talked about
The following is a letter from the redoubtable Mike Wallace (SNP Newington & Southside) published by The National but buried under a headline about prettyfying Scottish villages.
peterabell.substack.com
October 28, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The following is a letter from the redoubtable Mike Wallace (SNP Newington & Southside) published by The National but buried under a headline about prettyfying Scottish villages. I reprint it here with Mike’s consent.
peterabell.substack.com/p/our-right-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/our-right-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
As a long-time blogger, I am cognisant of the easy folly of imagining you are broadcasting your message.
peterabell.substack.com/p/where-is-t... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/where-is-t... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Where is the anger?
I know I’ve written about this before, and regular readers may be almost as weary as I of the repetition.
peterabell.substack.com
October 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM
As a long-time blogger, I am cognisant of the easy folly of imagining you are broadcasting your message.
peterabell.substack.com/p/where-is-t... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/where-is-t... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Scotlands oil,
Scotlands gas,
Scotlands renewable energy,
we should be paying peanuts for our household energy.
#ScottishIndependenceNOW
#UDINOW
#EndtheUnion
#EndtheDisunitedKingdom
Scotlands gas,
Scotlands renewable energy,
we should be paying peanuts for our household energy.
#ScottishIndependenceNOW
#UDINOW
#EndtheUnion
#EndtheDisunitedKingdom
October 24, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Scotlands oil,
Scotlands gas,
Scotlands renewable energy,
we should be paying peanuts for our household energy.
#ScottishIndependenceNOW
#UDINOW
#EndtheUnion
#EndtheDisunitedKingdom
Scotlands gas,
Scotlands renewable energy,
we should be paying peanuts for our household energy.
#ScottishIndependenceNOW
#UDINOW
#EndtheUnion
#EndtheDisunitedKingdom
The constitutional issue was lost in a welter of policy issues, primarily to do with the economy.
peterabell.substack.com/p/the-wonks-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/the-wonks-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
The wonks win!
It’s not about what is decided.
peterabell.substack.com
October 25, 2026 at 10:42 AM
The constitutional issue was lost in a welter of policy issues, primarily to do with the economy.
peterabell.substack.com/p/the-wonks-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/the-wonks-... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
It is difficult to find anything new to say about the constitutional issue—which is my main interest—when nothing much has happened for twelve years.
peterabell.substack.com/p/the-curren... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/the-curren... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
The currency thing
Normally, a headline such as ‘New plan calls for Scottish pound from day one of independence’ would not hold any interest for me.
peterabell.substack.com
October 24, 2026 at 11:24 AM
It is difficult to find anything new to say about the constitutional issue—which is my main interest—when nothing much has happened for twelve years.
peterabell.substack.com/p/the-curren... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/the-curren... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
The Scotland Office is the British state scent-marking what it regards as its territory. It is a symbolic imperialist presence. A daily reminder of Scotland's subordinate status in a grotesquely asymmetric political union.
www.thenational.scot/politics/266... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
www.thenational.scot/politics/266... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Paul Kavanagh: Honestly, what is the point of the Scotland Office anymore?
AFTER a vote at the SNP conference to abolish the Scotland Office and the post of secretary of state for Scotland, the Welsh Deputy First Minister Sioned Williams called for both the Scotland and Wale...
www.thenational.scot
October 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The Scotland Office is the British state scent-marking what it regards as its territory. It is a symbolic imperialist presence. A daily reminder of Scotland's subordinate status in a grotesquely asymmetric political union.
www.thenational.scot/politics/266... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
www.thenational.scot/politics/266... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Whether Scotland is a colony or is merely being treated as such by the British state, what we must do remains the same. We must act as if we have been colonised regardless of whether we are or are not.
peterabell.substack.com/p/lighbulb-m... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/lighbulb-m... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
Lighbulb moment
A thought occurred to me as I was writing a response to a letter in The National from Hayden Kyle. The letter makes sobering arguments that the more easily pleased among the SNP membership would do we...
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October 21, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Whether Scotland is a colony or is merely being treated as such by the British state, what we must do remains the same. We must act as if we have been colonised regardless of whether we are or are not.
peterabell.substack.com/p/lighbulb-m... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI
peterabell.substack.com/p/lighbulb-m... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI