The General Secretary of Alex Salmond’s Alba Party has called for Westminster to be ground to a halt and for peaceful direct action to be held in the new year.
Alba’s General Secretary Chris McEleny says that “it is time to act to bend Westminster to the will of Scotland”.
McEleny said “As we look to 2023, in what will be a pivotal year, the Independence movement must use every democratic, and constitutional route open to us, including parliamentary disruption, diplomatic initiative and direct action on the streets to assert the right of the people of Scotland to decide our own constitutional future.”
The comments from Alba’s General Secretary are an indication that the pro independence party intend to up their campaign activity into the new year.
Commenting today (Thursday) ALBA Party General Secretary Chris McEleny said:
“The ruling by the Supreme Court to reject, not just the Scottish Parliament’s legal right to hold an Independence referendum, but to go even further, in denying the ancient nation of Scotland’s right to self-determination will go down as one of the key defining moments of 2022.
“But we should be in no doubt that the Supreme Court ruling and the UK Government’s ongoing refusal to transfer the power to the Scottish Parliament to hold an Independence referendum pose challenges to the Yes movement which we have a duty to meet head on.
“Either the Westminster Parliament is sovereign or the people of Scotland are sovereign. It cannot be both.
“How then should the Yes movement respond? The aim must be to bend Westminster to the will of the Scottish people. But for that to happen it will be necessary to utilise all of the tools at hand and to implement a clear strategy of parliamentary disruption, diplomatic initiative and to take direct action – on the streets of London if necessary.
“Each of these tactics has a part to play in driving home the message that the people of Scotland are sovereign and that Scotland’s democracy will not be silenced.
“ ALBA has shown in the last year, when it disrupted Prime Minister’s Questions, what two MPs can do to command parliamentary and media attention, if they are determined to do so. Just think what more could have been achieved if the 40 plus SNP MPs were to exert their political muscle, day in and day out, at Westminster. Scottish MPs could grind Westminster to a standstill every single day until Westminster accepts Scottish democracy and peaceful action outside of the Parliament in London would open the world’s eyes to the cause of Scotland.
“In the coming year ALBA will be setting out ways in which the Independence movement can give voice to Scotland’s democratic right to choose its own future and challenging others to follow our lead.”
Alba Party will be holding another independence assembly in the new year as a follow up to the party’s emergency independence conference earlier this month. The reconvened assembly will be held in Edinburgh on Saturday 14th January. Members of the public can attend by registering on the following link: https://www.albaparty.
Good news. I am encouraged to see the suggestions here and agree that we should be doing something to show the Westminster government that we do not accept their view that they can dictate to Scotland what we can and cannot do.
As i am moving fairly soon to Oxford, to be closer to family as I get older, and have been concerned about being unable to do much to help the cause of independence, I am glad to see actions being proposed in London as I will be able to take part in that as there is a regular bus service to central London from the main road quite near my new flat.
The time of playing Mr Nice guy has long passed. Maybe Sturgeon and her posse of bank robbers think it’s a B movie their in, but we demand the big picture in wide-screen technicolour. FREEDOM.
Something must be done. SNP shows no sign of wanting to fight. Disrupting Westminster will be a good start.
It’s time for the politicians to earn their worth. Voted into their current roles on a mandate for indy and the right denied and blocked by an English Court.
Personally I do not believe that the snp have the guts for upheaval they are content with the cosy slippers approach. .Notwithstanding the are under new management at wm what better way to challenge the elitist system
I’ve got the message loud and clear. The SNP leaders both south and north of the border say Independence isn’t a priority. The SNP believe the case for Independence hasn’t been made yet so there isn’t any need to do anything until it has.
Now when you listen to this sort of drivel, you know that the case for Independence will never be made until you campaign on the ground to make the case for Independence starts.
You have got to have your full head up your rear not to realize that NS is the problem and until the SNP remove her and her cronies, Scotland democracy will never be restored, so I welcome any movement in any direction from the Alba Party or talk of Independence would be a dead duck frozen on a pond.
By all means put pressure on WM. Further disruption is long overdue. Unfortunately, I don’t think that the SNP are up for it yet. Perhaps the SNP also needs to be “disrupted” or pressured in some way before they will finally roll up the sleeves and get stuck in. How to do this? Any ideas?
Hush now wee Albies…….naebodies listening.
Happy New Year.
You, for a seer obviously don’t see much They are deserting the unionist SNP in droves, We the members of the Alba party ,the only party that will deliver Indy wish you and and the unseeing a fruitful 2023 or should I say a carrotful 2023.