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    • Welcome To My World
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    • WHY WESTMINSTER SAYS NO
    • Referendum V Democracy
    • WHAT THEY ACTUALLY SAID
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    • THE HISTORY BEHIND GERS
    • SCOTLAND MAKES MORE
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  • Welcome To My World
  • How we got here
  • The Party Landscape:
  • "The Doors They've Shut"
  • WHY WESTMINSTER SAYS NO
  • Referendum V Democracy
  • WHAT THEY ACTUALLY SAID
  • THE OTHER ROUTE
  • THE HISTORY BEHIND GERS
  • SCOTLAND MAKES MORE
  • CROWN ESTATE
  • THE £ - CURRENCY
  • DECLARATION OF ARBROATH
  • ARbroath v SCOTLAND ACT
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  • MY VIEW , THE NEXT STAGE

SCOTLAND'S FUTURE - UNDERSTANDING WHITE PAPERS

If Westminster won't give us a Section 30, we have to look beyond Westminster.

But when the world does start to listen, it will ask one question: what is your plan?

The White Papers are the plan on paper.

WHAT IS A WHITE PAPER?

A White Paper is not law. It is a Government prospectus. It says: if you vote for this, this is what we will do.

A White Paper is not law. It is a Government prospectus. It says: if you vote for this, this is what we will do.

THE FIRST ONE - 2013

Scotland's Future: Your Guide to an Independent Scotland Published 26 November 2013. 670 pages. For the 2014 referendum. It said: • Keep the King as Head of State • Keep the pound in a formal currency union with the UK • Take a fair share of UK debt • Remove Trident in the first parliament • 15,000 Defence Force + 5,000 reservists • Scottish Broadcasting Service to replace BBC Scotland • 30 hours childcare, £160 pension • 650 questions and answers at the back It set Independence Day as 24 March 2016 if there had been a Yes.


THE CURRENT ONES - BUILDING A NEW SCOTLAND 2022-2025

13 separate papers. On gov.scot now.

1. Independence in the modern world 2. Renewing democracy 3. A stronger economy - KEY CHANGE: No more pound union. Use sterling for a transition, then Scottish pound 4. Creating a modern constitution 5. Citizenship 6. Migration 7. An independent Scotland in the EU 8. Our marine sector 9. Social security 10. Culture 11. Place in the world - apply to join NATO 12. Education and lifelong learning 13. Justice

WHY THIS MATTERS FOR SELF-DETERMINATION

UN Charter Article 1(2) - equal rights and self-determination of peoples

1966 Covenants Article 1 - All peoples have the right of self-determination

UN Charter Article 2(7) says UN does not intervene in internal affairs like UK.

But when a state blocks every democratic route, it can no longer hide behind "this is an internal matter."

In 2014 we voted. We were promised Devo Max. It never came.

In 2022 we asked to hold our own vote, even just on Devo Max. Supreme Court said Scotland can't without Westminster permission.

The White Papers are proof Scotland has a credible plan for what comes after.

All 13 papers are free on gov.scot - Building a New Scotland.


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