mércores, 31 de marzo de 2021
Por que moitas mulleres de Escocia se unen ao Alba Party #Women #Scotland #WomensRights #AlbaParty #SNP
Unha das grandes desafeccións coas políticas do SNP ven da aprobación de leis como a GRA ou a Hate Crime Bill que moitas persoas coas que falo me explican que son políticas que fallan na protección dos dereitos das mulleres. Denise ve ao Alba Party de xeito positivo nesta àrea. Outra grande cuestión é cómo é posible que haxa mulleres que queiran estar nun partido liderado por Alex Salmond e Denise Findlay o explica moi ben neste artigo: primeiro porque é un home que foi absolto de todos os cargos por unha xuiza muller e un xurado popular formado maioritariamente por mulleres e segundo, porque teñen a esperanza de que os dereitos das mulleres de Escocia sexan defendidos polo Alba Party. A Asamblea de mulleres do Partido de Escocia terá lugar en poucos días. As eleccións a Holyrood celebraránse o 6 de maio.
The Alba Party and how we can gain independence and save women’s rights in Scotland by voting for Alba.
— Denise Findlay 💚🤍💜 (@GraceBrodie) March 31, 2021
Guest Post by Denise Findlay #BothVotesYes #AlbaParty https://t.co/8IJQ2IHRKi pic.twitter.com/YuAx0ZRl84
luns, 29 de marzo de 2021
The AFI and the ISP withdraw their candidates from Holyrood 2021 // Partidos independentistas retiran candidaturas para Holyrood 2021 #MaxtheYes #Holyrood21 #Scotland #Escocia #Eleccions
Unha das novas organizacións pro independentistas, AFI, anuncia que retira os seus 42 candidatos logo da presentación do @AlbaParty de @AlexSalmond
— Pilar Fernandez (@pilaraymara) March 26, 2021
Isto é ben significativo... a estratexia de maximizar o voto pro independencia cara a unha #Supermajority gana adeptos! 🤓 https://t.co/qM3UiDoswf
O ISP, o outro partido pro independentista tamén retira os candidatos para #Holyrood2021
— Pilar Fernandez (@pilaraymara) March 29, 2021
Importantísima decisión logo do nacemento do @albaparty https://t.co/nXI9J3RVxy
sábado, 27 de marzo de 2021
venres, 26 de marzo de 2021
Alex Salmond retorna a política cunha nova formación e coas vistas postas na independencia #Escocia #SuperYesMajority #Holyrood2021
Os últimos acontecementos e o cruce de acusacións das dúas comisións de investigación sobre o expediente contra a súa persoa remataron cunha comunicación na que o ex primeiro ministro escocés anunciaba accións legais contra a Secretaria Permanente do Goberno escocés e tamén a denuncia formal na Police Scotland para que se investigue a filtración ao Daily Record (aparentemente feita por algún traballador do Goberno escocés). Non fará máis declaracións sobre este tema; agora deixará ao curso da xustiza e a policía facer o seu traballo.
O seu comunicado era, tal e como así o indicaba no último parágrafo, punto e aparte para centrarse no importante: o futuro de Escocia.
Hoxe , na presentación dunha nova formación "ALBA PARTY" e en declaración oficial para a prensa, presentou aos catro primeiros candidatos e en días vindeiros, se presentarán máis, ao calor da asamblea que terán en breve e onde explicarán con todo luxo de detalles o seu plan para a reactivación económica de Escocia despois da pandemia e por suposto, a súa visión de como o seu país pode acadar a independencia.
Nunhas eleccións onde o SNP parte como organización maioritaria de cara as eleccións de maio ao Parlamento de Holyrood, e con outras novas organizacións independentistas como ISP ou AFI, vai ser moi interesante a repercusión que teña a partires de agora a presenza dun peso pesado que sempre se reinventa a si mesmo e que sorprende a propios e extranos.
A súa pelexa non é contra o SNP, o seu obxectivo non é dividir o voto independentista senón acadar unha SUPERMAIORÍA nas eleccíons de maio para reforzar as decisións cara a independencia, presentando candidatos ás listas e non ás circunscripcións onde é previsible gañe o SNP.
Neste blog comparto con vós o material presentado hoxe polo propio Alex Salmond.
O impacto que pode ter este anuncio na sociedade escocesa e mesmo na europea vai ser grande e provoca moitas incógnitas que se irán respondendo ao longo da campaña e cando se coñeza se o obxectivo final puido ou non ser acadado.
Alex Salmond explains the ALBA party’s strategy for #supermajority to secure a new independence referendum for Scotland pic.twitter.com/uPE5jfV9zA
— Phantom Power (@PhantomPower14) March 26, 2021
Election Imprint. pic.twitter.com/6TDuke4AWv
— Alex Salmond (@AlexSalmond) March 26, 2021
xoves, 25 de marzo de 2021
Protestas nos portos de Galicia - Entrevista con Isaac Gaciño Santos , Patrón Maior de Portosín #Galicia #Pesca #Lexislación
Video da protesta dende Portosín (Video de Chus Otero para Rosalía TV)
mércores, 24 de marzo de 2021
"INQUIRY FINDINGS MUST BE ACCEPTED" SAYS SALMOND
The Inquiries are over and despite their manifest limitations, the findings are in and must be accepted, just like the verdicts of juries and the judgements of courts.
A year ago, outside the High Court, I said that there was evidence which I wished to see the light of day. Some of that key material, including the government legal advice, eventually emerged through the Parliamentary Committee. Much of it did not.
A month ago, I gave public evidence to the Parliamentary Inquiry itself. I called for some in leadership positions to consider their position. It is in the public interest that such action be taken to prevent a damaging erosion of trust in the institutions of government. As the record shows I did not call for the resignation of the First Minister.
I have waited to see the response from those individuals to the publication of the Inquiry reports. Unfortunately, it appears that the clear intention is to carry on regardless.
Thus I intend to take two specific actions which emerge directly from the findings of these reports.
First, the Parliamentary Committee has made clear that the catastrophic failures in this matter are not just systemic, but can properly be laid at the door of individuals, and in particular, the Permanent Secretary.
(para 599 Committee Report)
I was previously forced to take the Permanent Secretary to the Court of Session over the illegality of her actions and was successful. Despite being found responsible for that unlawful and unfair process and incurring a vast and avoidable cost to the taxpayer of over £600,000 in legal expenses, the Permanent Secretary did not offer her resignation on January 8th 2019.
Now, more than two years later, and despite the most damning condemnation from a Committee in the history of the modern Scottish Parliament, the Permanent Secretary still refuses to accept real responsibility.
Instead, the waste of public resources has continued to grow as has the impact on all the people concerned.
This cannot stand. I have therefore taken legal advice and will shortly be instructing my lawyers to bring proceedings in the Court of Session arising as a direct result of the conduct of the Permanent Secretary. I hope it is the only legal action that I am required to take.
I have complete faith in the outcome of that Court process, coming as it does with all the proper powers of recovery of documents and thus the ability to properly interrogate those individuals responsible, the absence of which so restricted the Parliamentary Committee.
Secondly, the report of Mr James Hamilton makes clear that the question of the leak of the story of the original complaints in August 2018 was not part of his remit but should instead be referred to the Police.
The Parliamentary Committee Report was fully condemnatory of that same leak noting the extreme level of damage to all concerned. I agree.
I will accordingly now make that complaint to the Police and allow them to discover who within the Scottish Government was responsible for passing these details to the Daily Record newspaper. I have every confidence that Police Scotland will pursue that matter with rigour.
I intend to make no further public comment on these issues and will leave the police and the courts to do their job.
Instead I intend to move on, just as Scotland should now move on to debate the key election issues before us all, principally economic recovery from the pandemic and the future independence of our country.”
From alex@alexsalmond.scot
martes, 23 de marzo de 2021
Scottish Parliament Committee report in full #Scotland #Harassment #Scottish Government
BLOG My perspective on the key findings of the Committee on the SGHHC. https://t.co/JaC5viafsJ
— Andy Wightman MSP (@andywightman) March 23, 2021
xoves, 18 de marzo de 2021
martes, 16 de marzo de 2021
David Davis MP uses parliamentary privilege in the House of Commons to give details about the conspiracy against Alex Salmond
OMG. I'm in shock. How did it come to this?
David Davis MP uses parliamentary privilege in the House of Commons to give details about the conspiracy against Alex Salmond... (and of course to smear the SNP just before elections)
Adjournment: Scottish Civil Service and the operation of the Scotland Act 1998
luns, 15 de marzo de 2021
Cambia o "mood", activa o modo bosque - #1foto1arbore #Compostela
Animádevos a participar nesta iniciativa en Instagram, FB, Twitter, usando o cancelo #1foto1arbore e (etiquetando a @TalentiaSummit).
— Pilar Fernandez (@pilaraymara) March 14, 2021
Por cada foto que compartamos, @PazodeRaxoi comprométese a prantar unha árbore autóctona 😁✌💜
Aqui vai unha das miñas fotos pic.twitter.com/hmBMncC1UJ
luns, 8 de marzo de 2021
Witches of Scotland Live Special - International Women's Day 2021 #History #Women #Justice #IWD21
Witches of Scotland mark International Women's Day 2021 with a sell-out live event featuring Sara Sheridan, author of "Where are the women". We're also joined by the award winning screenwriter, director, actor and producer Julia Campanelli who discusses her latest script based on the Paisley witch trials.
WHERE ARE THE WOMEN:
domingo, 7 de marzo de 2021
sábado, 6 de marzo de 2021
Recommended article: The Long, Brutal History of Witch Hunts #History #Justice
The Long, Brutal History of Witch Hunts
Activists in Europe are revisiting the witchcraft trials of centuries ago to redress old injustices and help today’s victims
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-long-brutal-history-of-witch-hunts-11614877614?reflink=share_mobilewebshare
venres, 5 de marzo de 2021
Nota de Prensa da Plataforma contra a Mina Touro-O Pino #MinaTouroOPinoNON #Ecoloxía #Sentidiño #Activismo
Iluminados contra
un proxecto sin garantías
No mes de febreiro
de 2020, soupemos das conclusións dunha
DIA negativa que anulaba o proxecto da mina a ceo aberto nos concellos de Touro
e O Pino e que concluía:
“A reactivación da actividade
mineira prevista vai supoñer unha
nova presión sobre os sistemas fluviais e as augas subterráneas, sen que se garanta que non se
vaia a producir un novo impacto negativo sobre o cliclo hídrico e sen que conste na formulación actual
da avaliación practicada a necesaria conformidade da unidade competente en
materia de planificación hidrolóxica do Organismo de Bacia.
Na situación actual, o proxecto non dá resposta completa ás medidas de
xestión a adoptar en caso de escenario accidental e, incluso, as medidas de prevención e xestión da
continxencia parecen limitarse a xustificar que o suceso non se
producirá. Por conseguinte, en caso de materializarse un escenario de risco, non se pode garantir que a actuación
proxectada non produza unha grave afección aos valores naturais da zona
nin un prexuízo á integridade da Zona de Especial Conservación, en diante ZEC,
“Sistema fluvial Ulla-Deza”.”
Unhas conclusións
breves para tres anos de resposta social, informes técnicos negativos e centos
de organizacións sociais e locais que arremeteron con contundencia contra o que
era máis que evidente. Unhas conclusións que resumen 3 anos de traballo
contra un proxecto sin garantías, que soupemos ver nun mes de exposición
pública que nos deron para poder presentar alegacións, e sin embargo a
administración dilatou e estirou sin explicación durante 4 anos hasta o día de
hoxe.
A pesares das
evidencias, tivemos que agardar hasta
hoxe, máis dun ano dende a DIA
Negativa, a que a Dirección Xeral de Planificación
enerxética e Recursos Naturais, vía nota
en prensa, dera a conocer a sua decisión de comunicar a Resolución negativa
do proxecto á mercantil Cobre San Rafael SL.
Unha resolución que ainda desconocemos en qué termos se expresa, ningunha das organizacións nin persoas que
figuramos na causa como interesadas e/ou afectadas fomos informados nin nos foi
ainda remitida, polo que agardamos que se nos poida facer chegar o antes
posible sin ter a necesidade de requerila vía rexistro electrónico, como xa é
de costume que nos obriguen a reclamar o que por dereito nos pertence, queremos
lembrar as declaracións do anterior Director Xeral de
Mina o señor Tahoces ás persoas da Platafoma contra a mina de Touro, comprometéndose
a comunicar a todas as persoas recoñecidas como parte interesada ou afectada a
Resolución definitiva no momento en que se producira. O señor Tahoces foi relevado do seu cargo,
pero agardemos que a sua sucesora sí poida cumprir co dito.
Lembremos que de non ser pola resposta social e cidadá este proxecto e tantos outros de similares características – Santa
Comba, San Fins, Monte Nema Serra Suido, Iribio, Terra Chá, Mesía- Frades, ...-
son susceptibeis de aprobación sin ningún tipo de supervisión, nin
comprobación, con todas as catastróficas, terribeis, calamitosas repercusións e
ausencia de garantías que conlevan para
o medio natural, cultural, como así quedou demostrado no caso do proxecto da
mina de Touro.
Lembremos que resulta esencial que as administracións deben permitir que a cidadanía
e as organizacións medioambientasis, sociasi,... teñan dereito ao acceso á información pública en tempo e forma que lles permita
defenderse e defender os seus medios de vida e o medio natural e cultural
que habitan, en defensa tamén dos seus recursos económicos para vivir, non solo
as multinacionais.
Neste proxecto quedou en evidencia a mercantil promotora
e tamén a administración.
Statement on behalf of Alex Salmond - Press Information
Press Information 4th March 2021
STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF ALEX SALMOND
“The documents released tonight confirm that sisting (postponing) the Judicial Review was indeed under active consideration by the Scottish Government in September 2018.
John Swinney must now be the only person in Scotland who believes that the piecemeal release of these extraordinary legal documents have done anything other than demolish the Government’s pretence that they were not warned months in advance that they were on course to lose the judicial review. The more they release the more threadbare the government’s position becomes. We look forward to further revelations in tomorrow’s instalment.
The real question he has to answer is why they kept running down the clock and running up the bills, long after they were warned of the position by external counsel in the starkest of terms.
A witness statement supplied to the Inquiry this week by Alex Salmond, demonstrates that the prospect of the criminal investigation overtaking the judicial review was well known among special advisers and SNP officials by November 2018.
External counsel were specifically asked in September by the Government to consider whether they “should seek to have the judicial review proceedings sisted pending the outcome of any police investigation” and on September 4 said “we can see strength in the argument that the criminal investigation may make the entire petition pointless: if there is a criminal conviction then surely the case would not proceed.”
On September 17th the Lord Advocate advised in favour of reporting restrictions instead. In the event it was Alex Salmond’s legal team who moved for these reporting restrictions on 4th October 2018 in front of Lord Pentland. The Government were not even represented at the hearing.
Mr Salmond has never argued that the Lord Advocate was involved in accelerating the criminal case to overtake the judicial review. Indeed in his evidence last Friday he argued exactly the opposite.
What he has stated is two things;
Firstly, that the prospects of sisting was in wide discussion in September 2018. The Committee has not been given all of the documents by the Government but if they serve a notice on Mr Salmond’s lawyers they will be provided with the ones they hold. The Crown Office have blocked their release up until now.
Secondly, that it had become common knowledge among special advisers and SNP officials in November 2018 that the judicial review was going to succeed but that it could be overtaken by the criminal investigation if it were sufficiently advanced.
Mr Salmond at the Committee’s request, submitted a witness statement yesterday which corroborates that position.
In contrast to the Scottish Government, Mr Salmond has provided, or offered to provide, documentary evidence to back every statement he has made to the Inquiry”
Appendix 1
In his oral evidence session Mr Salmond said;
“Sisting was being examined by the Lord Advocate because, quite clearly, you would expect him, as the Government’s legal adviser, to be looking at that—and not just Mr Cackette and others; it would be very important for those to see it. I am not suggesting for a second that the Lord Advocate was engaged in thinking, therefore, “We should accelerate the criminal case in order to avoid defeat in the civil case.” I am not suggesting that for a second. I am merely suggesting that there was widespread knowledge by November 2018 that the judicial review was going to fail, on the part of the Government, and that there was a prospect of it being sisted if the criminal case came to a moment before the judicial review hearing in January 2019.”
Appendix 2
Documents released from 4 September 2018
Note from External Counsel
27 we have been asked for our views on whether the respondents should seek to have the judicial review proceedings sisted pending the outcome of any police investigation and/or criminal proceedings that may follow the investigation
35 we can also see strength in the argument that the criminal investigation may make the entire petition pointless: if there is a criminal conviction then surely this case will not proceed; and if there is a trial and an acquittal then the Ministers would be faced with a very different situation than that which presently obtains”
Ends
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