The Scottish Constitution

You don’t think we have one? How do you think that the British State justifies its claim to a ‘UK Constitution’? Because it applies a set of criteria to various English constitutional documents and legal precedents from before the union and comes up...

The Claim of Right Act 1689

The Claim of Right Act was passed, not by the Scottish Parliament, but by the Convention of the Estates. In pre-union Scotland, the Convention of the Estates was a legislature that represented the sovereign people of Scotland. Although a legislative body, it did not...

Act of Union with England

The Act of Union with England was the last Act of the old Scottish parliament. A similar Act, Act of Union with Scotland, was the last Act of the old English parliament. But there could be no Acts without a treaty first between the countries, an international treaty...

The Treaty of Union

The union of Scotland and England could not be achieved with a simple act of parliament. Scotland and England were separate sovereign nation-states and to join them in a parliamentary union needed a treaty, an international treaty between the two countries. These are...

Whit’s A’ This Aboot?

Whit’s A’ This Aboot? Aye, whit’s goin’ on here? It’s about the position we’re in: stuck in the UK with no way out. Unless… ach ye ken the story – we need to ask the British state if it’s ok if we have another...