From SNP Media today: Following reports that the Labour party went as far as looking at moving borders to undermine support for Scottish independence, the SNP has said this shows neither the Tories nor the Labour party has ever had Scotland’s best interests at heart – and they never will. The Times revealed today that the Callaghan government plotted to move maritime borders to bring North Sea oil into “English waters” as part of a “clandestine publicity and propaganda” unit to counter the SNP – amid growing concern over the likelihood of an independent Scotland. The shadowy attempts to undermine… Read more Continue reading Labour plotted to take Scotland’s North Sea oil

Mark Drakeford told BBC Radio 4’s Today on 8 April 2021: “I’ve always believed that if a party won an election in Wales with a referendum on independence in its manifesto then it would’ve won the right to hold such a referendum.”  Meanwhile in Scotland: From SNP Media today: The SNP today challenges Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to explain why he refuses to respect Scottish democracy while his Welsh counterpart supports his country’s democratic right to choose independence. Welsh Labour leader and current First Minister Drakeford has said his party would support holding a referendum if pro-independence Plaid Cymru… Read more Continue reading One rule for Wales, a different one for Scotland