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    While not being very supportive of either the EU or Scotland's full independence, I do think that there are some lessons to be learned from the way Scandinavian countries are working (not just for the UK but also, for instance, for the Netherlands):



    The first in a series of films with Lesley Riddoch exploring Scotland's inspiring northern European neighbours and what we can learn. Despite being a remote cluster of islands with population of just 50 thousand people (1% of Scots pop.), the Faroe Islands certainly don't think small. The Faroes took on global giant Google to protect their language and identity and have also created the world's fastest mobile broadband (a reserved issue in Scotland). The key factor in these success stories has been the Faroes Parliament: without doubt, the world's most powerful devolved parliament. This wee nation relies heavily on fish which represents around 95% of exports but life in the Faroes is changing. A new generation, enthused by a proximity to political power, are shaping these traditionally conservative islands into progressive society that more and more want to live in. The Faroes is also finding itself at the centre of things as the Arctic presents new opportunities. The Faroese community connects in all kinds of ways - through tunnels that join the separate islands, by air to the rest of the world with its own national airline and is reconnecting with nature to create world-class food. There's a lot to reflect upon about the future of the Faroes and Scotland but the ultimate connection is clear: with power comes the confidence to build a better nation. Created by Lesley Riddoch and Phantom Power Films.

    Help this series continue @https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfundi... The second in a series of films with Lesley Riddoch exploring Scotland's inspiring northern European neighbours and what we can learn. Despite being a sub-arctic island pulsating with potentially catastrophic volcanoes, Iceland's population (334,000 or Aberdeen and Dundee combined) has managed to become one of the most successful societies on earth. To understand Icelander's attitude to risk and creating a positive from the bleakest situation means understanding the volcanic landscape that has shaped this nation and its fortunes. We look at how Iceland has harnessed the power beneath their feet, created a successful media industry by exploiting its lunar setting, how the land has shaped the island's politics and more. The seismic global crash (and subsequent volcanic explosion) could have brought Iceland to its knees but, in fact, regenerated Iceland - empowering it to become a globally recognised, more sustainable, politically engaged nation with a future that looks brighter than ever. Iceland certainly puts any doubts about Scotland's huge potential in perspective as the UK and Europe's political tectonic plates continue to shift.


    The Norway film tells the story of Scotland’s twin nation. We have the same population, share the oil, gas and fishing resources of the North Sea and have similar geography. But over the last 200 years Norway has withdrawn from a Union with first Denmark and then Sweden and has invested its oil wealth wisely while Margaret Thatcher squandered ours. This much we already know. But did you know Norwegians have chosen to continue paying some of the highest personal taxes in the world to stabilise their oil-based economy – using the oil fund only to top up budgets not underpin them? Did you know hydro was the first big energy revolution, possible because Norway had no feudal landowners blocking the development of free energy for all? And – perhaps most importantly – did you know the widespread ownership of land in the 19th century meant Norway created one of the world’s widest electorates and therefore one of its most egalitarian parliaments? These democratic achievements underpin Norway’s success every bit as much as independence and raise hopes and tough questions about Scotland’s future. Can we hope to use renewables to match the incredible achievements of our twin nation?
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    SNP's vision of Scotland's future is more like this.





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    Quote Originally Posted by Creoda View Post
    SNP's vision of Scotland's future is more like this.




    Absolutely. So maybe the Right should actually come up with its own future. This is, perhaps, my problems with most parties at the moment: they offer no alternatives whatsoever. They just "push back" against the Left's narrative but at the same time go along with it. I still say that the solution is to create our own narrative plus steal any positive ideas the Left may come with and use those against them: "with the Left and the establishment you get this (benefit) at the expense of the destruction of your country, with us - you get the same (benefit) and you get to keep your country.." Some of the ideas shown above were the Faroes' nationwide broadband internet and Norway's "summer huts for the people" that were given to the 1920s and are still in family hands today as well as its standard of living and sovereign wealth fund. What if real patriots get to steal those ideas from the Left ?

    It's regrettable but the only answers coming in from the right are more privatisations, lower taxes for the wealthy and a big middle finger to the lower and working class who then vote with their wallets for those who also seek to annihilate them (the Left) while the right looks the other way when it comes to immigration, education (the Left's indoctrination of the youth), the press (the Left's indoctrination of the people) and social issues.



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    Not only the future.. also the past is changing..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Creoda View Post
    SNP's vision of Scotland's future is more like this.




    That's not really the future though is it, it's the present under Westminster governance, the SNP currently don't have control of immigration, and hopefully come independence they will disband anyway, the SNP are a broad church, with many different views in the party, left and right, they are a vehicle to independence, nothing more nothing less.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Creoda View Post
    SNP's vision of Scotland's future is more like this.




    We need real Scots from the colonies to come and take back our land from the traitors.

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