"The rich have got richer, the poor much poorer. To think you can tackle the problems of the poor, while leaving untouched this vast concentration of wealth in the hands of a tiny elite, is disingenuous."
"The Treaty of Union meant our parliament went south - no mechanism whereby the Scots could be protected in their unitary state against the sheer numbers of their much bigger neighbour. Scots are disenfranchised with policies that are foreign and by a philosophy that has been rejected time and time again."
"A Yes vote is the only way to ensure that Scotland gets the kind of government that the people of Scotland choose and that we get rid of a Westminster system that is out of touch with Scottish opinion, priorities and values and imposes such dreadful policies such as the Bedroom Tax."
"Independence would mean that an independent Scottish Labour Party would be able to respond more readily to the needs and aspirations of the people of Scotland. That would help to bring about policies based on Labour's traditional values of social justice and solidarity."
"But this referendum is not about the future of the SNP - it is about the future of Scotland. I will be joining with many old comrades in Labour for Independence to encourage the 800,000 plus Scots who voted Labour in the 2010 General Election to vote Yes on 18 September.”
“When the Tories are attacking the poorest in society, it’s pretty difficult to sit with them and to argue for a progressive Scotland.”
A journal written by the SNP opposition group on the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council).
