Saturday, October 11, 2025
The STUC back the principle of Scottish self-determination on an ordinary majority - but will the SNP repudiate it?
Good afternoon from Aberdeen, where as you may have seen, Roz Foyer of the STUC made a well-judged and well-received speech just before lunch, in which she expressed her strong support for the principle of self-determination, which she described immaculately as meaning that if a pro-independence majority is elected to the Scottish Parliament, the parliament should decide for itself on holding an independence referendum. She received a huge round of applause. Are we as delegates really going to follow up that applause in the afternoon session by surrendering to Westminster and imposing an impossible supermajority requirement upon the Scottish people? I hope not, and it would be a truly bizarre thing to do, but that is exactly what we are being pressurised to do. Fingers crossed for a sensible outcome.
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I could be wrong, but I believe the STUC have always, at least since about 2012, supported the right of Scotland to decide. Just not (yet) Independence.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile I think the absolute necessary first step for self-determination, is for the Scottish Government when elected on a platform of self-determination, to introduce an emergency Bill to repeal the Scotland Act, and in its place have a Bill to put the stuff about elections, office-bearers, orders, and all that stuff. But it could be done quickly by the following:
Scotland Act repeal Bill 2026
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"References in the existing Scotland Act 1998 as amended 2016 allowing outside interference in Scottish legislation are repealed effective immediately.
The Scotland Act 1998 amended 2016 is repealed with effect 1st August 2026, and will be replaced with a Parliament Act detailing elections, office holders, funding etc etc blah blah".
I recommend this to the SNP as its mechanism in the manifesto of self-determination. From which Independence may or may not, follow according the result of the soon after Referendum on Independence.
It's going to need an SNP MSP to be Presiding Officer, and be brave.