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This is it. This is the launch of the fundraiser for the national campaign organisation which the Scottish Independence Convention has been developing for a while. Would we like to have got here before now? Yes, of course. But it was important that we did this right and not just fast. There have been many brilliant initiatives coming out of the independence movement. Many of them are the bright ideas and brilliant work of a small number of great, driven and innovative people. We welcome them all. Indeed, many of them are members of the Scottish Independence Convention. But from when we reformed the SICRead More →

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Considering where we are on this road to independence, the most difficult task we currently face is not winning a referendum but getting the chance to win one. Theresa May has infamously told us, and continues to tell us, ‘now is not the time’. So when is? If we want this dancing queen to start moving to our tune, we need to have enough people playing it. We need to give Nicola Sturgeon a (democratic) hammer from the Scots with which to tell Theresa ‘now is the time’. So how do we do this? The research sponsored by the Scottish Independence Convention (SIC) presented atRead More →

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The National Newspaper had some questions, Elaine C Smith and Dave Thompson respond: THE advantage the Indy movement has is our breadth and depth and energy. To harness that, it’s important that we work together. It’s important that we trust each other. And it’s vital that we hold ourselves to account to make sure that we are all working as effectively as possible to make our country the successful, independent, fair country that it should be. For that reason, we are delighted that The National is asking questions of our plan and we are pleased to lay out our answers. How is that strategy toRead More →

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In this letter to the independence movement, the newly elected Executive Committee of the Scottish Independence Convention explain why the move to create a national campaign organisation can get independence consistently beyond 50% in the polls and give Nicola Sturgeon the backing of the majority of the Scottish people when calling for a referendum. What’s a pro-independence campaign organisation for and what would it do? The Scottish Independence Convention is a coalition of Scotland’s national pro-independence organisations, the pro-independence political parties and, through the membership of regional forums, of Scotland’s local grassroots pro-independence groups. It is just about to launch a fundraiser to start aRead More →