The attacks on Iran are going really well for the United States open.substack.com/pub/anothera...

What a despicable specimen of corrupt and cowardly humanity Starmer is! Vile! www.thenational.scot/news/2598423...

We’re not on a route to independence. That’s why Swinney and the rest are so reluctant to show you the map they are using. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

Be careful what you vote for! open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #ScottishUDI #EndTheUnion

I can sympathise with the frustration evident in Ruth’s column. There is a powerful sense that this is a critical time for Scotland’s cause. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

Asserting powers in relation to the constitution is a de facto declaration of independence, because when you have power over the constitution, you have power over everything. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #ScottishUDI #EndTheUnion

The doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty precludes Westminster transferring to a devolved parliament powers which supersede its own. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #ScottishUDI #EndTheUnion

Jist sayin'!

Scotland Wasn’t Bankrupt: The Real Fiscal History of 1707 open.substack.com/pub/angrypic...

It's nice of The National to remind us of the moment Ian "Bloviator" Blackford's political career peaked. www.thenational.scot/news/2592750...

There is nothing new in Starmer's memo. His words reflect the British state's perception of devolution as a failed experiment which must be ended. www.thenational.scot/news/2592463...

The people referred to in this ugly wee essay include some of the most indefatigable fechters for Scotland's cause, while the author represents the cancer that has infested the Yes movement. movement.https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25922056.will-anyone-look-back-remember-alba-party-fondly/

I'm banned from Facebook, but you can find me on MeWe, which is better than Facebook, anyway. mewe.com/peterabell.48

Had the Manifesto for Independence Petition reached even half its target of 100,000 signatures, it would have significantly strengthened the hand of people like Mike Wallace who were trying to change the SNP from the inside. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #ScottishUDI #EndTheUnion

I can guarantee indyref2 if SNP win majority, John Swinney says - The National 6 January Indyref2 would be 'priority' if SNP win majority, says John Swinney - The National 8 March www.thenational.scot/news/2591792...

"International orders do not suddenly unravel because of political declarations broadcast at podiums, nor because of the conduct of aberrant outliers. They collapse when those collectively entrusted with their stewardship neglect to properly defend them..." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

The independence movement is all over the place. There is no focus, no direction, and no common purpose, and so no effective effort. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

Celebrity endorsement for the independence industry. Brian Cox to speak at Scottish independence Edinburgh rally | The National www.thenational.scot/news/2591228...

What is the thing that makes Scotland independent? It has to be an Act of the Scottish Parliament. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

People of Scotland! You have been told what you want. Nothing more need be said. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

"2011 taught us that when the SNP win a majority, London finally folds" - Keith Brown All 2011 taught us is that London folded in 2011. It folded in the then prevailing circumstances. Those circumstances have since changed. 2011 is no guarantee of anything. www.thenational.scot/news/2589553...

Nonsensical conclusions open.substack.com/pub/peterabe...

The Greens won by being the better disruptor. Had Zack Polanski not made them the better disruptor, Reform UK would have won. There is a lesson here for the leaderships of nominally pro-independence parties ahead of May's Scottish general election. www.thenational.scot/news/2589222...

It makes no sense whatever to talk of independence before we have sorted out the matter of how and when we exercise our right of self-determination. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe...

All fascists stick together. Wee Tommy doesn't seem so worried about keeping weans safe now he's been welcomed by the world's most famous child rapist.

Part 2: Scotland’s DIESEL Powered AI Data Centres open.substack.com/pub/yesthink...

The USS Gerald R. Ford is drowning in shit open.substack.com/pub/dearscot...

I know Tommy is something of a ‘Marmite’ character. But few even among his detractors doubt the sincerity of his commitment to Scotland’s cause and socialist values. #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI open.substack.com/pub/peterabe...

I have no idea why.

The 19th day of February shall henceforth be known as the Feast of St Schadenfreude. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on 'misconduct' allegation | The National www.thenational.scot/news/2586820...

They all claim that what is good for them is good for Scotland and/or the liberation struggle. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

The independence movement as a whole is engaged in a senseless ‘debate’ about which empty poke to vote for. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

They might as well join all the others using independence as an electioneering gimmick. Your Party Scotland to officially be pro-independence party | The National www.thenational.scot/news/2583628... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

The idea of independence being restored by gentlemanly agreement is naïve to the point of insanity. #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI Beautiful dreamer open.substack.com/pub/peterabe...

Where there is doubt, natural justice demands that the benefit of that doubt be granted to the accused. This being so, John Swinney must be deemed innocent of the charge of misleading Parliament. www.thenational.scot/news/2581228...

In principle, the British could ignore the result completely. They would be under no legal or constitutional obligation to do anything at all. #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI open.substack.com/pub/peterabe...

Jist sayin'!

Jist sayin'!

Holyrood 2026 key dates open.substack.com/pub/peterabe...

We choose the individual we reckon will best represent the parliamentary constituency according to the dictates of their conscience and not the dictates of the party the candidate is a member of at the time of being elected. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe...

Insisting on something impossible as a condition for progress means there will be no progress. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

Round and round and round we go! Where does it all end? We'll never know! www.verity.news/story/2026/t...

The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe...

"The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just." - Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...

For Scotland, this will mean a future as the annexed territory of a vassal state. I had hoped for better. open.substack.com/pub/peterabe... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

"The security situation in Europe and in Greenland is far past the point where it makes sense to walk on eggshells or try to flatter Trump." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

The headline on this story is a lie. An SNP majority would not "trigger" a referendum. SNP majority would trigger second Scottish indyref, says John Swinney | The National www.thenational.scot/news/2577407... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI

What's Offord on about? The issue of a new referendum IS parked. It has been parked for eleven years. Swinney's proposing to park it for at least another five years. As a British nationalist, Offord should be pleased with the situation. www.thenational.scot/news/2577489... #EndTheUnion #ScottishUDI