John Swinney says #Scotland not invited to Cobra meeting on Iran war
It comes after #Starmer told business chiefs in #DowningStreet on Monday that it must be a “joint effort” to tackle the impact of the #war, saying the Government “can’t do it on its own”.
However, #devolved #governments have NOT been asked to take part in the meeting.
#DemocracyNOW #Indy2 #KierStalin #ToxicLabour #ToxicStarmer #StarmerOut #UK #arrogance #dysfunctional
UK diluting international law
I do not believe #Scotland’s future lies within a Union which risks taking us into an #illegal #war
It’s a #Union pandering to #bullies, which fails to condemn #WarCrimes, which actively supports and funds a #genocide, which sells our defence contracts to dangerous companies who co-ordinate #atrocity #crimes and which feels more comfortable in isolation from the world than it does in working with our allies.
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25976361.union-diluting-international-law-scotland-must-leave/
US & Israel’s attacks on Iran breached international law – so both nations’ militaries would be banned outright from an independent #Scotland, John Swinney has said
We have always been an outward-looking country, it’s part of who we are. That is what #Westminster parties misunderstand when they say Scotland has no right to speak out on international events
That defending #HumanRights & #InternationalLaw is, somehow, not Scotland's business
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25937109.us-banned-independent-scotland-illegal-iran-war-fm-says/
John #Swinney seeks meeting with #UK Govt over #Prestwick #Airport
Philip Ingram, former army colonel & intelligence officer, told Sunday Mail Prestwick Airport will “almost certainly” be supporting #US & #Israel's #bombing of #Iran
Flight tracking data shows when the US and Israel first launched #strikes on Iran – the US redeployed scores of mid-air refuelling tankers to bases in Europe and the Middle East
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25932069.john-swinney-seeks-meeting-uk-government-prestwick/
John #Swinney tells #Scottish media to ‘be livid’ over #referendum block
The Scottish media should be “livid” at the UK Government’s refusal to spell out the #democratic route to a second #independence referendum, the First Minister has said.
John Swinney gave his “advice” to reporters in the Scottish press pack as he faced questions on his party’s strategy going into the #Holyrood #elections – which will be held on May 7.
#ReformUK hires academic with links to #Trump as #Farage senior adviser
Cambridge's James #Orr described as “a brilliant academic, #theologian, thinker” by #Reform’s head of #policy #Yusuf
Yusuf said the associate professor of the history of religion at Cambridge had joined Reform
Though not well-known public figure, Orr has been influential upon philosophy of Trump administration.
VP #Vance described him as his British sherpa
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25554809.reform-hires-academic-links-trump-farage-senior-adviser/
#SNP votes to block Police Scotland’s #facial #recognition plans
Conference delegates voted to ensure #Police #Scotland cannot roll out Live #FacialRecognition without laws that mirror the #EU’s #AI Act, limiting its use to exceptional cases.
A resolution banning Police Scotland’s unfettered use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) has been passed by the SNP at its annual conference.
https://www.digit.fyi/snp-votes-to-block-police-scotlands-facial-recognition-plans/
Bid to overturn #PalestineAction ban through #Scottish courts launched
It is a maxim in Scots law that the law cannot be #absurd. To claim that #Palestine Action is a #terrorist organisation is plainly absurd
This #proscription is #politically motivated in support of a #genocide and it is poisoning Scottish civil society. Entirely #peaceful #protestors are being #arrested and charged as #terrorists
#Gaza #Scotland #Indy2 #Freedom #FreeSpeech #RedReform #ToxicLabour
Nicola Sturgeon #ReformUK are trying to abolish #Scottish Parliament
The former first minister said she never used to think a party could #abolish #Holyrood but given recent rise in #Reform, she no longer believes that to be the case
Sturgeon added #Tories have been trying to pull it down from within for last few years adding if #Farage’s party is given any kind of strength the attempt to abolish Scottish Parliament will only intensify
#MoD slammed after ministers not told #US #troops on #Scottish soil
MoD urged to come clean over decision to allow detachment of US troops stationed at military base in Scotland. #Scottish Govt NOT told about it
It emerged a new base in #Lossiemouth, #Moray, would host #American #Poseidon #P8 #anti-submarine #spy, #war planes
When opened in2024, it became 1st time #USMilitary had presence in #Scotland since end of #ColdWar
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25396557.mod-slammed-ministers-not-told-us-troops-scottish-soil/
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