scottish   independence

Why scotland   needs its own independent parliament

in these pages i wil try to   outline why scotland needs independence and why scotland is in a state of   union and why the union is to scotlands detrement and why scotland has the right to self determination

the union?

the act of union (or the act of takeover)came into affect on 1st of may 1707 the bells of st   giles cathedral in edinbugh rang out ";why am i so sad on my wedding  day"; 9 out of 10 scots did not want the union it was forced upon them   by "so" called nobles who where given gold and favours for   the foul act .there where petitions sent from every scottish burgh against   the act of union .There where riots on the streets of glasgow , dumfries and   edinburgh. The act of union was an illegal act carried out on the scottish  people  who never democratically voted for it or chose it. Scotland lost its   independence on the 1st of may 1707 democracy ceased in scotland and it became   northern britain once union was signed there was no way out  an attempt was made in parliament  in 1713 but the vote failed outnumbered by english voters . it was not the first time that union had been put on the able in fact attempts where made in 1606 ,1667 ,1670 and 1689 always being   defeated the scots did not want to be swallowed up by its bigger more   powerful neighbour and the English claimed "Whoever married a   beggar could only expect a louse for a portion" At the same time England made her money freely available to Scottish   MP's if they supported the union - In the words of Robert Burns when   reflecting on Scotlands countrymen, they were: "bought   and sold for English gold" Scotland   was paid affectively  a bribe of 398,085   pounds and 10 shillings?

detailed below are the Scottish quislings who sold Scotland down   the river not for the benefit to Scotland or its people but for financial gain .,  it must be remembered the figure below are moneys paid in 1707 the equivelant today is thousand of pounds not including  promises of estates etc

Earl of Marchmont: received £1,104. -17s-7d. Earl of Cromarty: received £300. Lord Preston Hall: received £200. Lord Ormiston: received £200. Duke of Montrose: received £200. Duke of Athol: received £1000. Earl of Balcarres: received £500. Earl of Dunmoor: received £200. Lord Anstruther: received £300. Mr. Stewart of Castle Stewart: received £300. Earl of Eglington: received £200. Lord Fraser: received £100. Lord Cesnock, now Polwarth: received £50. Mr. John Campbell: received £200. Earl of Forfar: received £100. Sir Kenneth MacKenzie: received £100. Earl of Glencairn: received £100. Earl of Kintore: received £200. Earl of Findlator: received £100. Lord Forbes: received £50. John Muir, Provost of Ayr: received £100. Earl of Seafield, Lord Chancellor: £490. Marquis of Tweedale: received £1000. Duke of Roxburgh: received £500. Lord Elibank: received £50. Lord Banff: received £11-2/- Major Cunningham of Eckatt: received £100. The Messenger who brought the Treaty of Union: received £60. Sir William Sharp: received £300. Patrick Coultrain, Provost of Wigton: received £25. Mr. Alexander Wedderburn: received £75. The Commisioner for Equippage & Daily Allowance: received £12,325.    Stated by THE EARL OF GLASGOW ,on oath, and by DAVID NAIRNE, Secretary Depute   for Scotland. ( THE PRICE OF SCOTLAND'S FREEDOM )

And no one put it better than scotland,s bard when he   wrote ?parcel o rogues? as rabbie puts it we have been bought and sold for English   gold by such a parcel of rogues in a nation

Parcel o' rogues

Fareweel tae a,wir' Scottish fame, fareweel oor ancient glory, Fareweel e'en tae wir' Scottish name that,s  praised in martial story, Noo Sark it runs tae the Solway sands, Tweed it runs tae the ocean, Tae mark where England's province stands, Sic'a parcel o'rogues in a nation.

What   force nor guile could not subdue, in many warlike ages, Is wrought now by a coward few, for hireling traitor's wages, The English steel we could disdain, safe in valour's station, But English gold has been oor bain, Sic' a parcel o' rogues in a nation.

Robert burns

Oh   would or could I hae seen the day, that treason thus  could sell  us, My auld grey heid hae lien in clay, wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace, Wi' pith and power 'til my last hour, I,ll mak' this declaration, We were bought and sold for English gold, Sic' a parcel o' rogues in a nation

1759  >  1796