Montreal Simon: Scottish Independence: The Triumph of Hope Over Fear
With less than two weeks to go before the Scottish independence referendum a new poll has shown the YES side ahead for the first time. Some 51% of those who have made up their mind and intend to vote...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Why the Scottish Referendum Is NOT the Quebec Referendum
I've been seeing a lot of stories in the Canadian and British media, comparing the Scottish independence referendum campaign to the one in Quebec in 1995.And I've resigned myself to seeing a lot more...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Why All Progressives Should Support Scotland’s Independence...
It's been hard trying to explain that what's going on in Scotland is a bigger story than many progressives in this country can imagine.And that they should rejoice at the last minute surge of the YES...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Scottish Independence: The Empire Strikes Back
With one week to go in the Scottish referendum the YES side's surge to independence appears to have been at least temporarily halted, with a new poll suggesting the NO side is leading again. The...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: The Scottish Referendum and the Attack of the NO Side Bullies
There couldn't have been an uglier sight. Thousands of members of the anti-Catholic Orange Lodge marching through Edinburgh to show their support for the NO side. Or one more representative of the NO...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: David Cameron and Scotland’s Butterfly Rebellion
Well there he was today, David Cameron, the leader of Britain's savage Con regime.The Prime Minister who has inflicted the most pain on the British people since the bestial Margaret Thatcher.Trying to...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Why Canadian Progressives Should Have Supported the Scottish...
With one day to go before Scotland's historic referendum vote, the excitement is building and the polls are narrowing. Support for the Yes campaign is increasing but it still lags just behind No on...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Dear Scotland: Do whatever you think is best … but remember,...
A typical Western Canadian scene: snapped in Edmonton, Alberta, in 2014. The Scotch, as we used to say when I was growing up in B.C., pretty much built Western Canada, leastways the European...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: The Scottish Independence Campaign and the Velvet Revolution
And so it ended, with wild rallies all over the country. After two long years Scotland's amazing referendum campaign is finally over. And as I write these lines, Scots are heading to the polls to...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: The Scottish Referendum and the Fatal Lesson of Quebec
Well it was a long night and a disappointing one. The YES side in the Scottish referendum didn't do as well as I had hoped it might.Scotland will have to wait a little longer to become independent....
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Scottish Independence: The Glorious Failure and the Glorious...
It hasn't been easy being a YES supporter in the 48 hours since Scotland's latest glorious failure.First there was the pain of defeat. Then a mob of unionist bigots descended upon them in Glasgow's...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Building an Anti-Harper Movement and the Lesson of Scotland
In my last post I told you why I believe progressives need to build a mighty Canada-wide movement to ensure that Stephen Harper and his foul Con regime are defeated in the next election. I said I...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: The Brexit Referendum and the Independence of Scotland
I knew the LEAVE side was going to win the Brexit referendum hours before the polls closed.When I heard that the poor who live in the Britain's rundown Council estates were turning out to vote in...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: The Brexit Fiasco: Now Some Say They’re Sorry
It's been barely two days since the Brexit referendum, and no doubt some LEAVE supporters are still celebrating their big victory.But not all of them. Some of them it seems are now having sober second...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Can Scotland Really Stop Britain From Quitting the EU?
As Britain tries to recover from the shock of the Brexit referendum result. With its economy and its political scene in a turmoil.And its racist bigots on a rampage.I'm sure many of its REMAIN...
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Montreal Simon: Scottish Independence and Some Lessons For Alberta
Last Sunday was the second anniversary of Scotland's independence referendum, which as you may know, was for me a day of great disappointment.And one I'll always remember.But I haven't dared even...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Why the Independence of Scotland is More Necessary Than Ever
About four years ago I made three political wishes. The first one was that Stephen Harper and foul regime be totally destroyed.And that one was granted.My second wish was that the Republican Party...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Scottish Independence and the Brexit Nightmare
In a few hours I'll be leaving the country and setting off for Edinburgh, to attend the wedding of one of my oldest friends.And since I'll be racing between that city, and my family home in the north...
View ArticleMontreal Simon: Why I Support the Struggle of the People of Catalonia
It's hard to believe it's happening in Europe, and in an ostensibly democratic country like Spain.But just as the autonomous region of Catalonia was planning to hold a referendum on whether or not to...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Why Canadian media won’t call post-Brexit protests...
If there are riots in Britain after the hard Brexit Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party cronies have scheduled for Halloween, will mainstream media in Canada describe them as...
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