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Revealed: UK's paltry pension can't provide even the most basic standard of living
The UK state pension is not big enough to support the bare minimum standard of living for a single person, according to a new report. And it warns that a quarter of employees are not on track to be able to afford it.The Retirement Living Standards report published by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association estimates that a single...
Independent wellbeing economy offers hope rather than Brexit chaos
Get Brexit Done … three words which won the Conservative Party the 2019 UK general election south of the Border and the driving force which pushed Boris Johnson to desperately pull together a dangerous and disastrous trade 'deal' as the January 1, 2021 deadline approached.Yet less than a year later Johnson’s government has moved from cheerleaders for the 'deal' -...
How the argument for Yes and UK intransigence are changing minds
Disillusionment with the UK and the disastrous effects of Brexit are driving a series of high-profile expressions of support for Scotland’s independence. Here are just five voices who believe pro-Union parties are failing to make their case.1:  Jon Worth, a journalist and visiting professor at the College of EuropeMr Worth,  an expert on EU affairs, said yesterday that Scots should “save...
Believe in Scotland responds to the Herald’s ill-informed and inaccurate column
Last Saturday more than 1,000 Yes activists reached out to their local communities to put the case for independence in a way that connected with those who have not yet made up their minds on the most important issue facing Scotland.Hundreds of thousands of voters were engaged through street stalls, mass leaflet drops, social media and our Open Minds newspaper...
Yes movement rallies to make our Day of Action a huge success
‘It’s great to see something happening again, something which shows support for independence,’ said some visitors to the Pensioners for independence street stall at Ayr’s Wallace Tower on Saturday.The stall was just one of more than 110 activities taking place all over the country during Believe in Scotland’s Day of Action for independence, which signalled a return to active campaigning...
Tomorrow is the big Day of Action for Indy ... the Yes Movement is back in action
Months of preparation and planning come to fruition tomorrow when Believe in Scotland’s Day of Action for Independence will see the biggest co-ordinated Yes campaign for years take place all over the country.A total of 110 Yes groups stand ready to stage a huge range of events to kickstart an Autumn of Indy Action initiative as the campaign gets into...
Westminster lies about independence and how to disprove them
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday listed the Westminster tricks which will be used in the run up to indyref2 to hoodwink Scotland into believing that independence would not work. In her speech at the final day of the SNP conference she urged activist to resists the Westminster tricks ‘with all we’ve got’. Here are the Unionist arguments she listed …...
Scotland emerges stronger after backlash as Westminster plots to freeze out FM from COP26
Scotland’s role in the upcoming COP26 conference in Glasgow has been strengthened by the backlash to reports that the UK government was working to sideline First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the event.Messages have been leaked from advisers from No 10 and the Westminster Cabinet Office outlining their plan to downplay Ms Sturgeon's role at the historic climate change conference in...
Believe in Scotland Day of Indy Action set for September 18
The date of the Believe in Scotland mass Day of Action for Independence has been revealed as Saturday, September 18. More than 80 Yes groups from all over Scotland have already signed up to take part and ‘fire the starting gun on a major coordinated grassroots independence campaign ‘ that will run until indyref 2 takes place.The day will see...
Indy Day of Action plans come together as families face UK benefit cut misery
The Yes movement is preparing for the biggest campaigning effort to boost support for independence in more than a year just as Westminster is about to impose the most severe cut to families' welfare benefit since the second world war.The Believe in Scotland Day of Action will take place as soon as the Covid pandemic is at a stage where...